The State Duma intends to require migrants to undergo mandatory medical examinations annually. According to Russian media, the State Duma’s Commission on Migration Policy proposes to establish a legal obligation for foreign citizens to undergo medical examinations again after one year. This was reported to the TASS agency by the head of the commission, Deputy […]
The State Duma intends to require migrants to undergo mandatory medical examinations annually.
According to Russian media, the State Duma’s Commission on Migration Policy proposes to establish a legal obligation for foreign citizens to undergo medical examinations again after one year.
This was reported to the TASS agency by the head of the commission, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Irina Yarovaya.
“We propose to establish a legal obligation for [foreign citizens] to undergo medical examinations again after one year. The formation of medical conclusions in the form of electronic documents allows us to address a crucial task related to the personalization of responsibility for the quality of the medical examination conducted, and to personalize this responsibility,” Yarovaya said at the commission meeting, as quoted by TASS.
The Deputy Speaker emphasized that the inter-agency accounting system will allow informing law enforcement agencies in order to address another important task – controlling the stay and deportation of individuals.
“The procedure for deporting individuals suffering from dangerous diseases is extremely urgent, because the question arises: where to place these individuals and how to ensure their isolation,” she clarified.
Earlier, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin stated that the State Duma is preparing legislative initiatives regarding the medical examination of foreign citizens arriving in the Russian Federation. He also reminded that the State Duma is awaiting proposals from the Russian government on regulating labor migration and the entry of labor migrants’ families into the Russian Federation.