Second Generation Migrants Aged 18–35 in Russia: Research Project Results

Varshaver, Evgeni; Rocheva, Anna; Ivanova, Nataliya

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“…The empirical basis of the article includes a series of qualitative interviews (Varshaver, Rocheva, Ivanova, 2019), a series of interviews with the first generation migrants from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (2016, three regions of Russia, 72 interviews) (Varshaver, Rocheva, 2017) as well as the results of two online surveys with targeting in social networking sites. The first one includes migrants from Uzbekistan andTajikistan (2016, N = 2412) (Varshaver, Rocheva, Ivanova, 2017b) while the second one focuses on grown-up children of migrants from the South Caucasus, Central Asia, Ukraine and local residents (2018, N = 12524) (Varshaver, Rocheva, Ivanova, 2019).…”

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Youth with a Migrant Background: Are They Willing to Stay in Russia?

2019

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In the context of current demographic situation in Russia, migration is considered one of the most efficient ways of population maintenance if not upsurge. Labour migrants coming to Russia are mostly young people. Moreover, in recent years, the youth who grew up in migrant families -the so called second generation migrants, the 1.5 generation migrants, and migrants of other more fractional categories -are becoming increasingly important. According to the international research, migration plans of these groups of young people can, to a varying extent, include the intentions to return to their or their parents' country of origin, higher instability being their distinctive feature. In light of this, the issue of the-youth-withmigrant-background's willingness to plan their future in Russia and, thus, their potential to be the resource for correcting the demographic situation is getting urgent. Basing on qualitative interviews and online surveys, this article considers the issue of how various groups of youth with a migrant background view plans of their future life in Russia and what these plans are connected with. Less than a half of the first generation migrants are willing to stay in Russia, whereas the majority of the second and 1.5 generation migrants plan to live in Russia in future. The factors associated with orientation towards Russia are the respondents' age at their first migration to Russia and at the moment of the survey, social ties and identification attitudes. They are significant for both groups. However, there are differences as well: for migrants of the second and 1.5 generations the age at their migration to Russia is less important than their feeling of belonging to Russia, whereas these are legal statuses and documents that are decisive for the first generation migrants. Nonetheless, migration plans among youth with migrant a background are malleable, which opens up the receiving state's opportunities to attract and retain this group.

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“…The empirical basis of the article includes a series of qualitative interviews conducted in 2018-2019 in Moscow and Yekaterinburg with young people with a migrant background and experts (52 interviews), a series of interviews with migrant children of 16-35 years old from the South Caucasus and Central Asia who grew up in Russia (2017-2018, ten regions of Russia, 401 interviews) (Varshaver, Rocheva, Ivanova, 2019), a series of interviews with the first generation migrants from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (2016, three regions of Russia, 72 interviews) (Varshaver, Rocheva, 2017) as well as the results of two online surveys with targeting in social networking sites. The first one includes migrants from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (2016, N = 2412)(Varshaver, Rocheva, Ivanova, 2017b) while the second one focuses on grown-up children of migrants from the South Caucasus, Central Asia, Ukraine and local residents (2018, N = 12524)(Varshaver, Rocheva, Ivanova, 2019).…”

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Youth with a Migrant Background: Are They Willing to Stay in Russia?

Rocheva

Varshaver

Ivanova

2019

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities &Amp; Social Sciences

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In the context of current demographic situation in Russia, migration is considered one of the most efficient ways of population maintenance if not upsurge. Labour migrants coming to Russia are mostly young people. Moreover, in recent years, the youth who grew up in migrant families — the so called second generation migrants, the 1.5 generation migrants, and migrants of other more fractional categories — are becoming increasingly important. According to the international research, migration plans of these groups of young people can, to a varying extent, include the intentions to return to their or their parents’ country of origin, higher instability being their distinctive feature. In light of this, the issue of the-youth-with-migrant-background’s willingness to plan their future in Russia and, thus, their potential to be the resource for correcting the demographic situation is getting urgent. Basing on qualitative interviews and online surveys, this article considers the issue of how various groups of youth with a migrant background view plans of their future life in Russia and what these plans are connected with. Less than a half of the first generation migrants are willing to stay in Russia, whereas the majority of the second and 1.5 generation migrants plan to live in Russia in future. The factors associated with orientation towards Russia are the respondents’ age at their first migration to Russia and at the moment of the survey, social ties and identification attitudes. They are significant for both groups. However, there are differences as well: for migrants of the second and 1.5 generations the age at their migration to Russia is less important than their feeling of belonging to Russia, whereas these are legal statuses and documents that are decisive for the first generation migrants. Nonetheless, migration plans among youth with migrant a background are malleable, which opens up the receiving state’s opportunities to attract and retain this group

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Migration Policy in the Nizhny Novgorod Region: Subjects and Management Practices

Danilova

2024

Vestnik Instituta Sotziologii

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The article examines a regional model of migration policy based on the example of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. A distinctive feature of the author's approach is the understanding of regional migration policy as a set of management practices that include both government bodies and public organisations. This approach allows us to consider migration policy as a multifaceted and complex sphere of interactions between various subjects, as well as to increase the effectiveness of the programs implemented within its framework. The main tasks in the sphere of migration policy in the region are the adaptation and integration of migrants, but there is no clear definition of these concepts and actions for their implementation. The main organisational and management structures in the region are the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, interethnic councils operating under the governor of the region and the administration of Nizhny Novgorod. Activities to include foreign citizens in regional society are not directly included in the functionality of specialised government bodies, but can be compensated by the activities of public associations. Therefore, civil society institutions, both registered associations and informal diaspora communities, should be included in management practices. In addition, unlike government bodies, they have the ability to promptly respond to requests from foreign citizens. It is noted that the identified groups of institutions participating in the implementation of migration policy have specific resources, which predetermines their functionality and the nature of their activities in management practices. Organisational and managerial institutions rely on administrative and legal resources. As the resources of civil society institutions serve communication channels among foreign citizens, high immersion and involvement in the problems of labour migrants living in the region. These circumstances require their inclusion in the development and implementation of target programs and activities of adaptation and integration orientation. The author concludes that it is advisable to create a specialised agency in the region responsible for the development and implementation of activities within the framework of regional migration policy.

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Second Generation Migrants Aged 18–35 in Russia: Research Project Results

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Youth with a Migrant Background: Are They Willing to Stay in Russia?

Youth with a Migrant Background: Are They Willing to Stay in Russia?

Migration Policy in the Nizhny Novgorod Region: Subjects and Management Practices

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