TRANSIT IN THE STRUCTURE OF MIGRATION EXCHANGES OF RUSSIAN REGIONS WITH THE CIS-COUNTRIES (EXPERIENCE OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS)

Abstract

Article presents results of statistical analysis about indexes of migration growth in a result of migration exchange of Russian regions with the CIS countries. Subjects of the Russian Federation were considered from the point of view of attractiveness to migrants. A special attention is paid to the distribution of the most popular migration roots form the CIS countries in the Russian Federation; possible transit regions were specified. Authors conclude about poor ability of Russian migration statistics to reflect real migration movements of migrants, because a part of migrants hide real purposes of their visit and wish to make easier the stay in the Russian Federation or sometimes plan to use illegal roots and resources of migration to the Western (or other) countries because the absence of opportunity of legal crossing through strictly protected or nontransparent borders. If the CIS transit occurs in Russia, the time of transit to the next stage of migration will probably be realized later, than 10 days (as it is determined in migration laws). Statistics of the transit covers only those migrants, who are sure in the final point of movement and legally move through the transit stages, or those, who are in temporary migration (tourism, education, work of private visits) and move in transit in the Russian Federation.