The Processes of Adaptation and Employment of Migrants from the Republic of Tajikistan in the Russian Federation (1991-2019)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the processes of adaptation and employment of migrants from the Republic of Tajikistan in the Russian Federation from 1991up to 2019. The author applied the conditional division of this period into two stages — from 1991up to 2000 and from 2001 up to the present time — according to the quantitative and qualitative differences that characterize each stage. Within the frameworks of both stages, historical, sociocultural and legal factors that influence the processes of adaptation and employment of Tajik migrants in the Russian Federation are analyzed. At the end, it is concluded that from 1991 to the present moment these processes have undergone a complex evolution. A negative impact on these processes is noted, exerted by the lack of large-scale domestic proj ects and programs aimed at helping and supporting labor migrants, as well as by imperfections in the migration legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation. However, the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan understands the need for cooperation with the Russian Federation in order to streamline the status of labor migrants from the Republic of Tajikistan in the Russian Federation and their protection, readiness for this cooperation, the officially expressed position of the Government of the Russian Federation, active work carried out in this direction by the Russian Federation of Migrants, and also by Tajik public organizations and human rights defenders, in general, indicate a positive trend in the decision to problems that impede the processes of adaptation and employment of migrants from the Republic of Tajikistan on the territory of the Russian Federation.