Миграционная политика стран Прибалтики в контексте интересов ЕС и России

Abstract

The European migration crisis has brought scholarly attention to national migration policies, including those of the Baltic states — Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia — all of which border Russia. This study aims to identify the key features of these policies, considering both Russian interests and those of the EU. To this end, this article undertakes, for the first time, a comparative analysis of the Baltic States’ relevant strategic documents for the 2020s: Lithuania’s Strategy for Demography, Migration and Integration 2018—2030, Latvia’s Guidelines for the Development of a Cohesive and Civically Active Society 2021—2027 and Estonia’s Cohesive Estonia Strategy 2021—2030. It is concluded that the migration policy of these states does not align with the interests of either the EU, whose focus is on mitigating the consequences of the migration crisis, primarily as regards refugees from Africa and the Middle East, or Russia, whose principal concern is the Baltics’ Russophone population.