Lukyanets A.S., Ochirova G.N., Maksimova A.S. Ecological Migration from Central Asia to Russia. Nauchnoe obozrenie. Seriya 1. Jekonomika i parvо [Scientific Review. Series 1. Economics and Law]. 2021. Nо. 1. Р. 38-49. DOI: 10.26653 ...

Abstract

Developing countries and low-income countries with rapidly growing populations and underdeveloped agricultural technologies are most sensitive to climate change and natural disasters. The countries of Central Asia are already exposed to the impact of natural and climatic changes due to insufficient financial and technical capabilities to overcome negative climatic and environmental phenomena. The authors predict an increase in the ecological migration of the population from Central Asia to Russia due to the visa-free regime, territorial proximity, established migrant social networks and other factors, which partially compensate for the population decline. Without a legal channel for environmental migration, these flows will be forced to use the labor migration channel. However, there are a number of possible negative consequences that need to be studied in more detail.