MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st October, 2018) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he had signed a migration policy road map for 2019-2025 aimed, in particular, at creating favorable conditions for Russians resigning abroad return to the country.
"Today, I have signed a new version of the state migration policy road map. It is aimed, among other things, at creating the most favorable conditions for our compatriots' permanent resettlement to Russia from abroad and also at creating clear regulations on entry and procurement of rights for residence, for work and for Russian citizenship acquisition," Putin said addressing the VI World Congress of Russian Compatriots Living Abroad, which is currently underway in Moscow.
The Russian state migration policy road map for 2019-2025 sets key directions of work on creating favorable conditions for the adaptation of foreigners' arriving in Russia. The road map stipulates the necessity to create institutions and mechanisms for the foreigners' social and cultural adaptation, which would take into consideration their age, profession, nationality, and culture, as well as the lifestyles of Russian citizens living in different regions of the country.
The road map stresses out the necessity of taking measures preventing segregation, creation of ethnic enclaves and marginalization of foreigners living in Russia. Steps to be taken include issuing identification documents for those who do not have any. Under the road map, foreigners should have equal opportunities to receive state services related to the migration sphere regardless of their migration status, income level and other circumstances.
"The key principles of the migration policy are ... the priority of interests of the Russian Federation and of the Russian citizens permanently residing on its territory, taking into consideration the diversity of regional and ethnic and cultural lifestyles of the Russian population," the decree on the road map, published on the Kremlin's official website, read.
Other key principles include solving the migration policy problems taking into consideration the socioeconomic, cultural and demographic development of the country, as well as the coordination of migration-related activities carried out by Russian Federal government bodies, the government bodies of the Russian constituent units and by local government bodies.
Under the new road map, civil society institutions should participate in the country's migration policy implementation while not meddling into the activities of the government bodies. The funding of the migration policy implementation measures is another key principle, according to the road map.
While over two millions of Russians are registered with consular departments of Russian embassies abroad, over one million of foreign citizens reside in Russia permanently or temporarily.
