Migrant Workers in Russia
Title | Migrant Workers in Russia PDF eBook |
Author | Anna-Liisa Heusala |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2016-09-13 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1317328019 |
Russia has a very large pool of economic migrants, up to 25% of the workforce according to some estimates. Although many migrants, many from former Soviet countries which are now independent, entered Russia legally, they frequently face bureaucratic obstacles to legal employment and Russian citizenship, factors which have led to a very large “shadow economy”. This book presents a comprehensive examination of migrant labour in Russia. It describes the nature of migrant labour, explores the shadow economy and its unfortunate consequences, and discusses the rise of popular sentiment against migrants and the likely impact. The book also sets the Russian experiences of migrant labour in context, comparing the situation in Russia with that in other countries with significant migrant labour workforces. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
"Are You Happy to Cheat Us?"
Title | "Are You Happy to Cheat Us?" PDF eBook |
Author | Human Rights Watch (Organization) |
Publisher | Human Rights Watch |
Pages | 117 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 156432432X |
"Russia is home to an estimated 4 to 9 million migrant workers, over 40 percent of whom work in the construction industry. Large numbers of Russia's migrant construction workers, who overwhelmingly come from other countries of the former Soviet Union in search of steady work and decent wages, suffer abuses ranging from non-payment of wages, excessively long working hours, physical and psychological abuse, and unsafe working conditions. In the worst cases, migrant workers have been trafficked from their home countries into forced labor in Russia. Employers routinely refuse to provide migrant workers with written employment contracts, as required under Russian law, making workers especially vulnerable to wage violations and other abuses and limiting their ability to access official avenues of redress. Many migrant workers also suffer abuse at the hands of police and other officials. Police regularly target ethnic minorities, including migrant workers, for petty extortion, as well as in some instances physical abuse and harassment. Russia deserves credit for liberalizing some of its migration laws in recent years. However, the authorities have not done enough to ensure protection of migrant workers from abuse, including from private actors. Russia must protect all victims of abuse irrespective of contractual or migration status. The government should ensure rigorous labor inspections, prosecution of abusive employers, and effective regulation of employment agencies and other intermediaries. It should also develop accessible complaint mechanisms for victims and timely and effective investigations into allegations of abuse. In addition, further reform in migration law is necessary to allow workers to more easily regularize their stay, making them less vulnerable to abuse, and more likely to seek protection from state agencies."--Page 4 of cover.
Labour, Mobility and Informal Practices in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe
Title | Labour, Mobility and Informal Practices in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Rano Turaeva |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2021-05-26 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1000393267 |
This book explores the daily survival strategies of people within the context of failed states, flourishing informal economies, legal uncertainty, increased mobility, and globalization, where many people, who are forced by the circumstances to be innovative and transnational, have found their niches outside formal processes and structures. The book provides a thorough theoretical introduction to the link between labour mobility and informality and comprises convincing case studies from a wide range of post-socialist countries. Overall, it highlights the importance of trust, transnational networks, and digital technologies in settings where the rules governing economic and social activities of mobile workers are often unclear and flexible.
Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes
Title | Migration and Hybrid Political Regimes PDF eBook |
Author | Rustamjon Urinboyev |
Publisher | University of California Press |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2020-12-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0520299574 |
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. While migration has become an all-important topic of discussion around the globe, mainstream literature on migrants' legal adaptation and integration has focused on case studies of immigrant communities in Western-style democracies. We know relatively little about how migrants adapt to a new legal environment in the ever-growing hybrid political regimes that are neither clearly democratic nor conventionally authoritarian. This book takes up the case of Russia—an archetypal hybrid political regime and the third largest recipients of migrants worldwide—and investigates how Central Asian migrant workers produce new forms of informal governance and legal order. Migrants use the opportunities provided by a weak rule-of-law and a corrupt political system to navigate the repressive legal landscape and to negotiate—using informal channels—access to employment and other opportunities that are hard to obtain through the official legal framework of their host country. This lively ethnography presents new theoretical perspectives for studying immigrant legal incorporation in similar political contexts.
Why Control Immigration?
Title | Why Control Immigration? PDF eBook |
Author | Caress Schenk |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 2018-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1487502974 |
Using a multi-method ethnographic approach, Why Control Immigration? argues that the scarcity of legal labour and the ensuing growth of illegal immigration can act as a patronage resource for bureaucratic and regional elites in Russia.
Chinese Migrants in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe
Title | Chinese Migrants in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Felix B. Chang |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2013-03 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1136640606 |
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Chinese migration to the countries of the former Soviet bloc – Russia, Eastern Europe and countries of Central Asia – exploring how the migration has come about, discussing the motivation of the migrants and examining the significant contribution the migrants are making.
Labour and Social Rights of Migrant Workers In the Russian Federation
Title | Labour and Social Rights of Migrant Workers In the Russian Federation PDF eBook |
Author | Daria V. Chernyaeva |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | |
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Legislation concerning labour and social rights of migrant workers is one of the areas of Russian law which undergo at least minor changes almost every year. All these recent changes tend to have the same direction of narrowing the scope of options for a migrant to find a work in Russia, at least a legitimate one. One of the main purposes declared by the government is to reduce the crime rate, which is said to have some indisputable relation to the number of migrant workers employed in these sectors. The other purpose of these measures is said to be intent to improve the health of the Russian citizens and provide them with more jobs. These steps have aroused very controversial response among different groups of stakeholders. This report is intended to assess the situation and all the responses in the comparative context of international and foreign labour and social security law and practice.