The State Duma proposed to ban the entry of migrant families

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin stated that foreign citizens should not bring their families to Russia.

He published the corresponding video on September 20 on his Telegram channel and supported the approach of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

Earlier, on September 17, at a plenary session of the All-Russian Labor Protection Week, the Minister of Economic Development of Russia Maxim Reshetnikov stated that the principle of “arrived, worked, left” should apply to migrant workers coming for earnings.

According to him, measures in this direction are already being taken, and Russia is not obliged to raise the children of migrants, and “no one is seriously ready to rely on migrants in the long term,” “therefore, the main task is to further increase labor productivity.”

On September 9, a group of deputies from the party “Just Russia — For Truth” (SRZP) led by party leader Sergey Mironov submitted a bill to the State Duma proposing a ban on the entry of migrant families into Russia. An exception is proposed only for citizens of Belarus and highly qualified foreign specialists.

The authors of the project claim that the presence of labor migrants’ families in Russia places a “significant burden” on the budgetary system of Russia. Migrants’ relatives use the education, healthcare, and social security systems. At the same time, the income from migrants’ patents does not compensate for budgetary expenses, the authors of the document emphasize.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the first six months of 2025, about 114,000 work permits were issued to foreigners, which is one and a half times more than in the first half of 2024.

According to official estimates, there are more than 6.5 million migrants in Russia.

Additionally, in the first half of 2025, about 114,000 work permits were issued to foreigners, which is 1.5 times more than in the same period last year.

The authors of the bill expect that the adoption of the law will reduce the influx of migrants by 15-20%.

It is unknown how the adoption of this law will affect migrants who live in this country with their relatives, and there are quite a few of them.

After the attack on the “Krokus City Hall,” in which migrants were suspected, anti-migrant sentiments in Russia have intensified. During this time, several new laws have been proposed and adopted in the State Duma that further worsened the situation for migrants.

In 2026, parliamentary elections will be held in Russia, and parties that currently have limited representation in the State Duma, such as “Just Russia — For Truth” or “New People,” are eager to use the current situation in the country to increase their number of seats in parliament next year.

Proposing initiatives related to limiting the rights of migrants is a way for them to gain support from that part of the electorate that advocates for a stricter migration policy.