Migrants in Moscow

• Migration from Russia and to Russia
• Economy of Moscow

2022: The number of migrants expelled from Moscow has doubled

In 2022 To Moscow , 396 thousand foreigners were removed from migration registration in connection with the identification of the facts of a fictitious statement, which is 45% more than a year ago. Such figures in mid-March 2023 were cited by the head of the main department MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Russia for Moscow, Oleg Baranov, speaking with a report in. To the Moscow City Duma

The issue of countering illegal migration remains significant for the capital. In the reporting period, the number of decisions made by the judicial authorities on the expulsion of foreign citizens and stateless persons outside the Russian Federation more than doubled, he said (quoted by Interfax).

In Moscow, the number of migrants expelled per year has doubled

According to him, an important issue is the illegal use of foreign labor in Moscow. So, in 2022, 7.5 thousand cases of illegal labor activity and more than 9.5 thousand facts of violation of the employment of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation were revealed. Baranov also announced the initiation of 106 head cases under Article 322 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of illegal migration).^[1]

According to the Moscow mayor's office, in 2022, foreign citizens working in the capital on labor patents transferred almost 32 billion rubles of personal income tax (NDFL) to the city budget. This amount was a record for all eight years of operation of the labor patent system for migrants. Compared to 2021, the volume of deductions increased by 45%.

Today, labor migrants work in such important industries for the capital as construction, housing and communal services, trade, transport, delivery, occupying positions that Muscovites are most often reluctant to work for. In addition, foreign citizens make a significant contribution to the city's economy, "said Maria Bagreeva, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of Economic Policy and Development.

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