Russia plans to reduce quotas for labor migrants

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Russia has proposed to set quotas in 2022 at 124,000 people, which is 14% less than in 2019.

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As reported by TASS, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation proposed to establish a quota of 124,000 people in 2022 for attracting labor migrants to Russia on a visa basis.

“The Ministry of Labor proposed to set a quota for attracting foreign workers arriving in Russia on the basis of a visa at 124,000 people in 2022. Compared to the pre-pandemic 2019 (144,500 people), the quotas have been reduced by more than 14%. This need has been determined based on proposals from federal and regional authorities. The draft of the corresponding resolution has been published for public discussion,” the ministry’s press service reported.

It is reported that the project was developed taking into account the needs of the domestic labor market. Such citizens are employed through applications from Russian employers in cases where it is not possible to recruit employees within the region, and companies are ready to ensure compliance with the necessary sanitary and epidemiological requirements.

At the same time, earlier, the president of the Federation of Migrants of Russia, Vadim Kozhenov, criticized the proposal of a Russian businessman to reduce quotas for foreign workers.

Earlier, in an interview with RBC, the president of “Miratorg,” Viktor Linnik, on October 4 proposed to reduce quotas for attracting foreign workers by three to four times.

“When the country imports labor migrants, the cost of labor decreases, and Russians have to compete with foreign workers,” Linnik said.