Makarova, M.V. Migration policy of the Russian Federation: reform tendencies

Abstract: The author reviews the key problems in the sphere of migration policy. Among these problems she singles out the following: the long-standing demographic crisis since 1991 to current time; migration balance, which does not cover the natural loss of people, unreported (illegal) labor migrant streams from the neighboring countries. The author considers that the changes in the legislation and the bylaws of the Russian Federation may be characterized with the following: the existing quota mechanism is not very efficient, and it shall probably be recalled, there shall be stricter responsibility for the violations of the migration legislation. The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is likely to be amended, and so shall be the federal laws. The author uses the following methods: analysis of normative materials, comparative legal studies, synthesis, as well as some other classical methods applied in jurisprudence. The article contains the following conclusions: the reform of the migration policy of the state takes place under the influence of variously polarized and hardly predictable factors: social tension in the society remains an acute problem for the state institutions, reforms of the state in the state migration policy become repressive and limiting, influencing Russian citizens as well.

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