Migration

Thirty years after the USSR’s collapse, Russia remains a magnet for migrants from the former Soviet Union. Russia’s population totals about 145 million, and the number of migrants reaches into…

Russian Immigration Control: Symbol Over Substance

March 16, 2018
Caress Schenk

(PONARS Policy Memo) Russia’s immigration system is consistently presented as draconian and inhumane. Human rights organizations, mass media, and scholars alike use labor slavery, violations of rights, and vulnerable migrants excluded…

Labor Migration in the Eurasian Union: Will Freedom of Movement Trump Domestic Controls?

August 17, 2015
Caress Schenk

(Guest contribution) In preparation for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens’ full access to the EU labor market in January 2014, UK Prime Minister David Cameron proposed a new policy agenda that would…

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