DUSHANBE, February 2, 2009, Asia-Plus — The Russian news agency Interfax cited Konstantin Romodanovsky, director of Russia’s Federal Migration Service (FMS), as saying at a session of migration service heads from member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow on January 30 that some 40 percent of Tajik nationals entering Russia find difficulty in replaying to question about the term of staying in here.
According to Interfax, 28 percent of Uzbeks and some 20 percent of Kyrgyz nationals also find difficulty in answering this question.
“This is evidence of the fact that migrants themselves do not know where they go, what they will do and who they will work for,” Romodanovsky was quoted as saying.
The FMS chief considers that inflow of CIS migrants to Russia under conditions of the ongoing financial crisis may become a source of tension. “Negative effects have hit not only Russia – your states have also been faced with serious problems, and therefore, a considerable part of able-bodied population will probably seek better employment opportunities abroad,” Romodanovsky said, pointing to the necessity of raising controllability of migration flows.
