No. 159: Migration

Author(s): Linda J. Cook, Bhavna Davé
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 159
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2014

This edition looks at migration. Firstly, Bhavna Davé examines the situation facing migrant workers in Russia, noting that the laws and informal mechanisms that have emerged to aid a 'legalization' of migrant workers, thrive on keeping a sizable proportion of them in a quasi-legal status, continuously facing the threat of illegalization, criminalization and deportation. Secondly, Linda J. Cook outlines how unregistered Central Asian migrants in Moscow have very limited access to non-emergency healthcare, while medical insurance coverage for migrants who are registered and working legally has been curtailed by a recent national social insurance reform, marking a deterioration of their labour conditions.

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