Russia - the second in the world in the number of migrants

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According to the attractiveness for foreign workers , our country is second only to the U.S.
Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs issued a report on the state of migration on the planet. The undisputed leader in the number of migrants are still the United States, which is concentrated 45.8 million immigrants (mostly from Mexico ) . Our country with 11 million foreign workers was on the second line of this rating (see table).
According to the authors of the report , Europe and Asia settles about equally migrants - 72 million and 71 million people. In the Asian migration is growing more rapidly in relation to economic activity.

Migrants in Russia for the Russians are building a city ... And here are the towns for their living.
Photo : Alexander Boyko
In Russia , too, the number of migrant workers is growing steadily. And for the most part illegal . So the UN estimates may actually be more conservative. For example , according to our FMS , if two years ago to work in the country came to 13.8 million foreigners and work permits were only 1.19 million, in 2012 in search of work crossed the border with Russia has 15.88 million , of which, for the work permit applied only 1.34 million well 2013th threatened to block all past records : in the first half of the year in Russia has driven about 10 million workers. And 4 years of migration increase was 37%.
It would seem that Germany and France are much more attractive for the same Tajiks and Uzbeks than Russia . So why do they want here ? There are several answers . The first - to get to Russia , they can virtually unchecked . To do this, you just have to buy a ticket on a train or plane . And the European Union , despite the purely formal borders between EU countries , the external perimeter guard tries his best.

In Moscow, many illegal immigrants already in the summer had to open a camp for their content.
Photo : Vladimir VELENGURIN
Second, even the relatively low pay of unskilled labor , which employs most of the foreigners in Russia with the former Soviet Union , much greater than those salaries that these people can get in their own countries if they are lucky enough to find another job. The main difference of migrants to Europe from those who come to Russia , that the EU migrants rush to legalize , to live at the expense of social help . And those who travel to Russia , think about it in the least, at first trying to make money. On the contrary , the legalization of them are not so attractive - to pay taxes , they do not want.
And the third reason : the majority of European countries have already developed powerful ethnic groups of migrants ( Turks in Germany , Arabs in France) , which is not needed any competitors in the workplace , much more in line for aid . A notorious tolerance thence migrants in contrast to the native Europeans are not suffering , as evidenced by the same periodic fights in Germany between the Chechens and Turks. But in Russia Uzbeks, Tajiks, Kyrgyz , Moldovans now feel almost like home. The first wave of migrant workers from these republics was generally of educated people , and often found himself in Moscow janitor from Bishkek doctor or a teacher from Tashkent. Now, these places were taken by people who are in Russian can only speak often on the fingers . And now it is the same Arabs in France or Mexicans in the United States is no longer required in the long run to teach Russian to live in Russia . The cashier at the supermarket , the concierge of the house , the driver in the bus , the seller in the market, not to mention the construction workers , janitors , etc. , will understand it better in their native language than that spoken by the country where they came for money. Quite the contrary - it is the indigenous population may soon be in trouble understanding in shops , markets and roads.

Top 10 leading countries in the number of workers (million).
United States 45.8
Russia 11
Germany 9.8
Saudi Arabia 9.1
UAE 7.8
United Kingdom 7.8
France 7.4
Canada 7.3
Australia 6.5
Spain 6.5

 

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