Russia will strengthen religious interaction with migrants

The Russian Foreign Ministry reported that there are many labor migrants from Muslim countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus in the country.

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On July 20, Russian Foreign Ministry official Alexander Musienko stated at a round table dedicated to the role of religion in preventing extremism and terrorism that Russian authorities need to intensify religious work with labor migrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus.

“A large number of labor migrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus are working in the Russian Federation, and we need to increase the level of interaction with them, because often they are not integrated here,” he said.

Musienko added that there is an increase in the number of crimes committed by migrants. “This undoubtedly casts a negative shadow on our excellent relations, which have a strategic and allied nature at the political level,” the diplomat noted.

According to him, Russia welcomes migrants who come to the country for work. “At the same time, we need to think about how to better integrate this multi-million Muslim community, which often remains outside the attention of religious leaders,” Musienko pointed out.