St. Petersburg deputies decided not to ban migrants from operating public transport.

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly Saint Petersburg They rejected the proposed federal law banning migrants from operating public transportation. They made this decision at a regular meeting of the Transportation Commission.

"Such a ban will disrupt the work of city enterprises and organizations where the number of migrant employees makes up a significant percentage," says on the website of the Legislative Assembly.

Head of the St. Petersburg Parliament's Transport Commission Alexey Tsivilev reminded, what does the bus driver have, fallen в Sink, was a Russian citizen. He also cited statistics from the city's Ministry of Transport, which indicate that migrants account for 20% of drivers, and the driver shortage is 25%.

The decision by St. Petersburg deputies runs counter to the majority of other regions, which have already banned migrants from working in various sectors of the economy.  stated in Yakutia, in the Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Saratov, Samara, Tyumen, Kurgan, Irkutsk and Chelyabinsk regions, as well as in Kamchatka and Magadan