Безземельная О.А.,
Ильичева Д.А.
Уфимский юридический
институт МВД России, Россия
Migration processes in modern society
At present, society began to pay great attention
to the problems of migration. About 2-3% of the population are involved in
various forms of migration in the world every year. Over the past 25 years, the
proportion of migrants has doubled, reaching almost 200
million people. Several factors serve as the reason for this. First, the influx
of migrants from foreign countries and CIS countries into the Russian
Federation has increased dramatically. Secondly, because of the demographic
situation in our country, the population is being replenished by receiving
immigrants. Thirdly, the standard of living in our country is much higher than
in the CIS countries and many neighboring countries, which attracts migrants.
Fourth, internal resettlement in some regions of Russia (from villages to
cities, relocation from the eastern part of the country to the central one,
resettlement abroad, etc.) attract external resettlement.
Migration policy is the core of legal research, which
is the reason for the development of migration legislation for the settlement
of migration processes. There is a broad understanding of migration in the legal
literature, which means "the movement of the population in the physical
space, caused by socio-economic, political-legal and national-demographic
factors".
Legal research reveals the following phenomena:
1. The lack of visa regime with a number of countries
(Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, etc.), cheap labor, inadequate migration legislation,
insufficient legal basis for combating illegal migration and the necessary
migration interaction create illegal migration in the country.
2. The main flow of migrants is international, illegal
labor migration, which is characterized by a certain standard of the process of
migration to Russia: a pattern of behavior is seen in the fact that after the
arrival of a migrant and the study of the situation, his relatives and relatives
come next. As a result, on the territory of Russia the places of stay are
formed, the settlement of representatives who have not only ethnic, but blood
ties.
3. The criminal statistics of Russia does not reflect
the real state of criminality of migrants. The high latency of unlawful
activity is due to the nature of uncontrolled migration. Unlawful migrants, due
to unfavorable conditions, gradually "go" to the shadow,
semi-criminal sphere of activity, as a result of being drawn into crime as part
of ethnically organized groups.
The problem of migration in the past few years has
become one of the most urgent for the Russian Federation. On the one hand, the
globalization processes in the world, the deteriorating demographic situation
in the country year by year and the economic situation, characterized by modest
indicators of economic growth, have created an acute need for society in the
inflow of labor through migration. On the other hand, the growth of crime among
migrants, their social insecurity, national isolation, manifested in the clan
mode of existence, exacerbated the ethnic contradictions between the indigenous
population and migrants, threatening society with grave consequences that could
get out of state control. Thus, there is a contradiction: the state is
interested in replenishment of the population through migration, and at the
same time, being afraid of a surge of social conflicts, it is holding back this
process.
Effective implementation of the regulatory function of
the state in the sphere of migration presupposes a clear constitutional and
legal definition of the basic categories of migrants, their constitutional and
legal status, and the identification and suppression of offenses in the
migration sphere.
The Russian Federation on the basis of Art. 63 of the
Constitution provides asylum to foreign citizens and stateless persons in
accordance with generally recognized norms of international law: political
asylum and temporary asylum. Temporary asylum grants the subject of this right
an independent status of "a person who has received a temporary
asylum", and is not regarded as a specific transitional stage in the
process of acquiring refugee status.
Another category of forced migrants are those who have
received political asylum. The content of their legal status is determined by
the peculiarities of the institution of political asylum. In accordance with
paragraph 1 of Art. 63 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation political
asylum is granted to foreign citizens and stateless persons in accordance with
universally recognized norms of international law.
In general, Russian legislation on granting
temporary and political asylum meets the requirements of international law and,
together with the system of normative legal acts of the Russian Federation
(Federal Laws "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian
Federation", "On the Procedure for Departure and Entry into the
Russian Federation" "On Migration Registration of Foreign Citizens
and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation", "On Refugees",
"On Forced Migrants") is aimed at supporting compatriots abroad and
about Sintered Russia's national interests, remain unresolved legal problems in
obtaining data status of foreign citizens and persons without citizenship.
There are no necessary normative legal documents, in
particular, instructive materials and methods for working with foreign citizens
seeking asylum, applying for temporary or political asylum in the territory of
the Russian Federation, including those in custody.
Particular attention was paid to the changes
introduced in Chapter 18 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian
Federation "Administrative Offenses in the Protection of the State Border
of the Russian Federation and Provision of the Residence of Foreign Citizens or
Stateless Persons on the Territory of the Russian Federation": Articles
18.11 and 18.12. Amendment to article 18.12 of the Administrative Code is of a
technical nature: the more precise name of the controlling and supervising
authority in the field of migration.
Article 18.11 of the Administrative Code of the
Russian Federation has undergone substantial transformation. It is supplemented
by two parts, due to the desire of the legislator to regulate and
differentiated responsibility, depending on the subject of the offense.
Part 1 of Article 18.11 of the Code of Administrative
Offenses of the Russian Federation broadens the range of types of offenses: the
immigration of immigrants from passing immigration control and medical
examination is punishable; From living in the place of temporary detention at
the post of immigration control, as well as the place determined for temporary
stay by the territorial body of the federal executive body for control and
supervision in the field of migration; From identification of the person,
infringement of rules of residing in the specified places is punishable; The
evasion of submission of information during the determination of the status of
an immigrant; Representation in this period of unreliable information.
Part 2 of Article 18.11 of the Code of Administrative
Offenses of the Russian Federation establishes punishability for officials and
other persons for failure to submit or untimely submission of documents or
information on foreign citizens or stateless persons on immigration control at
the request of the federal executive body or its territorial body, In part 1 -
for a certain kind of violation by the immigrant himself.
In fact, the demand for the adoption of a normatively
fixed concept of Russia's migration policy is universal in the scientific
community. At the moment, there is the only comprehensive normative legal act
that regulates this issue - the Concept of Regulation of Migration Processes in
the Russian Federation, approved by the Government Decree No. 256-r of March 1,
2003. This act can not serve as a normative concept for a number of reasons.
Firstly, the Concept was approved by the decree of the Government of the
Russian Federation, which does not have the highest legal force emanating from
the executive power body and is therefore not comprehensive in nature;
Obviously, it should have the form of a federal law or a decree of the
President of the Russian Federation. Secondly, the Concept is internally
contradictory, for example, "the protection of human rights and freedoms
based on the rule of law and the strict observance of the norms of
international law" is singled out as the primary principle of regulating
migration processes, while the main task is to "protect the rights and
freedoms of Russian citizens", while On the protection of the rights and
freedoms of foreign citizens and stateless persons is not said, what violates
the principle of the universality of human rights and freedoms, enshrined in
Art. Art. 17 and 19 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Thirdly, the
Concept is meaningfully outdated and does not reflect the latest decisions made
in the field of migration, for example, the principle of priority assistance to
the resettlement of Russian compatriots, enshrined in the Presidential Decree
of June 22, 2006, "On Measures to Promote the Voluntary Resettlement of
Compatriots to the Russian Federation, Living abroad. "
In this regard, it is quite logical that Russia's
migration policy at the present stage is characterized by modest achievements
and an abundance of problems. Currently, there is no sufficiently meaningful
special program to streamline migration processes and balancing the labor
market. Decisions in the field of immigration and naturalization should be made,
proceeding from the balance of interests of four parties - business structures
interested in mobile and high-quality labor market; Bodies of internal affairs
responsible for the rule of law; Local population and local authorities, often
inclined against immigrants, and immigrants - potential residents and workers
of the country. The state eventually gets a balanced system of attracting and
retaining the migration flow that meets the given characteristics of
qualification, education, gender, language and culture. Of fundamental
importance is the strengthening of the geocultural periphery as a renewable
source of such a resource.
Legislation should provide for:
A) the principles of quota for the entry of immigrants
from certain countries ("rough" regulation, for example,
simplification of entry from Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic States and the
complication of entry from other countries);
B) the principles associated with the prospects of
cultural adaptation of immigrants (restricting the entry into Russia of persons
who do not speak Russian well, introducing a test in the Russian language, not
only for the purposes of citizenship),
C) principles of zoning of the territory of the
Russian Federation for the primary reception of labor migrants (restriction of
residence to certain territorial zones with preservation of freedom of movement
within these zones);
D) the principles of professional specialization
(limitation for immigrants in the field of activity, especially in the field of
entrepreneurial and public activities).
Knowledge of the Russian language should be the most
important condition for a long stay in Russia, and especially for engaging in
certain types of activities where there is intense interpersonal communication
(for example, in the sphere of trade, education, services, media, public
activities, etc.) .
Thus, there will be painstaking and ambitious work
that will require the combined efforts and political will of the legislative
and executive authorities of the Russian Federation to create effective
measures for regulating migration processes.
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