Governor of Bryansk Region Plans to Invite Migrants to the Area

The Bryansk News publishing house clarified the resonant statement of the governor of this region Alexander Bogomaz.

Earlier, in an interview with the editor-in-chief of IA “Regnum,” Bryansk region governor Alexander Bogomaz stated that the region needs labor and will have to invite migrants.

However, one of the most resonant statements made by the head of the region about migrants later became widely discussed. Many media outlets published not the full statement, but only certain phrases, notes Bryansk News.

The publication provides the entire text of the governor’s statement.

“There is a shortage of labor because there are many people in our country living on benefits. We lack 14,000 workers. We haven’t had that many migrants, but I feel we will have to invite them,” the governor noted at that time.

He also emphasized the importance of migration control.

“Migrants are needed. But there must be order. All the services responsible for this must work more efficiently. Without migrants, we will freeze the economy. The economy demands labor,” said the governor of Bryansk region.

The publication emphasized that there is currently a discussion about an initiative whose authors propose allowing migrants to bring their families to Russia.

At the same time, it was previously reported that a bill is being prepared for submission to the State Duma of Russia that would prohibit low-skilled migrants from inviting their wives and children to Russia.

According to RIA Novosti, a group of deputies from the State Duma from the LDPR, led by party leader Leonid Slutsky, will submit a draft law to the lower house that restricts labor migrants without Russian citizenship from bringing their families to the country. According to the authors of the bill, it concerns low-skilled specialists who are in Russia solely on the basis of a labor contract or patent, without having legal grounds for residence in the country, such as Russian citizenship.

Exceptions to the law will be made for family members of foreign workers who possess high qualifications, the message noted.