Immigration Reform in Russia
Russia receives the second most immigrants in the world after the United States. Due to this fact, immigration reform and the national migration concept have been the primary focus of federal migration policy debates in recent years. Olga Gulina, Law Institute, Samara and Alisa Oblezova, Perm State University will offer their views on Russian immigration law and enforcement and the national migration concept adopted in June 2012.
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Russia receives the second most immigrants in the world after the United States. Due to this fact,聽immigration reform and the national migration concept have been the primary focus of federal聽migration policy debates in recent years. The speakers will offer their views on Russian immigration聽law and enforcement and the national migration concept adopted in June 2012. They will discuss the聽expansion of illegal migration from former Soviet republics, the employment of foreign citizens聽(including highly-skilled migrants), and issues related to the removal of foreign nationals.聽Olga Gulina, Junior Professor, Law Institute, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation inSamara, received a Starovoitova Fellowship to examine the topic 鈥淗uman Rights vs. Migrant rights:聽Key Legislative Challenges and Political Developments in Modern Society.鈥澛Alisa Oblezova, Senior聽Lecturer, Labor Law and Social Security Department, Perm State University is also currently based at聽the Kennan Institute on a Kennan-Fulbright grant to study 鈥淧revention of Discrimination against聽Migrant Workers in Labor Law: Comparative Analysis of the Legislative and Law-Enforcement聽Practices in Russia and the U.S.鈥澛燰oesar Conference Room1957 E Street NW, Suite 412Please RSVP at http://go.gwu.edu/immigration聽This event is on the record聽The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES)The Elliott School of International Affairs,聽The George Washington University聽The George Washington University1957 E Street, NW 鈥 Suite 412 鈥 Washington, DC 20052Tel 202-994-6340 鈥 Fax 202-994-5436 鈥 Email ieresgwu@gwu.eduwww.ieres.org 鈥 facebook 鈥 newsletter 鈥 www.ponarseurasia.org
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The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more
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