Family values, but not for everyone: Russia wants to ban migrants from bringing their families with them
The bill today have made в The State Duma deputies from LDPR. "Migrant workers should not move their families to Russia."- wrote the head of the party in his Telegram channel Leonid Slutsky.
"They give birth to children in our country and receive various benefits. Migrant children take up places in kindergartens and schools. And all of this is created and maintained by the taxes of our citizens!"" he said. Slutsky accused family members of migrants of "as a rule, they don't work or work illegally," "they don't want to learn our language," "they create enclaves, populating entire neighborhoods", "treat with disdain" to the Russians.
The deputy clarified that the bill concerns “unskilled migrants.”
In July, the speaker State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin announced Tightening control over migrants and called this a priority for the State Duma. He reported that 25 bills on this matter are under consideration. Some have already been adopted: for example, they made it more difficult for foreigners to obtain SIM cards, and also introduced stricter deportation regime.
The authorities began to tighten migration policy after the terrorist attack in "Crocus"But the state now promises citizenship to those who go to fight against Ukraine. simplified regimeAll it takes is a one-year contract with the Ministry of Defense, and citizenship will be granted to the newly-hired contractor, as well as his spouse, children, and parents.