Professor of the Institute of Public Administration and Law, State University of Management, Chairman of the Public Council of the Federal Migration Service, Vladimir Volokh, shared his vision of inter-ethnic relations in contemporary Russia and spoke on whether enough is being done by the state in terms of legislation to address migration issues. The expert also condemned the creation of camps for migrants and commented on the creation of new barriers for entering the territory of Russia of people from the CIS countries and abroad.
Russia, like many other countries, suffers from a lack of personnel, and, foreign workers are able to fill this niche. The country's economy is in need of labor, and Russia should not interfere with the flow and increase in the number of migrant workers in its territory. It is necessary that the people who come to work share Russian traditions and study the Russian language. Based on the statistics of criminal offenses in Russia, against the background of more than half a million crimes only about 50,000 of them are committed by foreign workers. "The figure is rather big, but compared to the total amount - this is a" drop in the bucket. " The problem is that every crime committed by a migrant very quickly appears in the media and is blown up to epic proportions, which leads to an increase in ethnic tension. And it is very important that the Russian policy is aimed at settling and smoothing of such processes.
