To combat the shortage of taxi drivers in Russia, immigrants need to be employed in this job. The head of the Public Council for Taxi Development, Irina Zaripova, made such an attempt in a conversation with socialbites.ca.
According to him, immigrants’ permits to work in taxis should be temporary, and to ensure road safety, such drivers may be required to pass additional exams in the traffic police.
“There is currently a huge shortage of taxi drivers, resulting in high transport prices. In crisis years, for example in 2008 and 2014, there is always an influx of taxi drivers. Today, as the economy has stabilized, there are jobs, very few people take taxis. “Allowing immigrants to work is a good initiative,” he said.
Today, immigrants from countries where Russian is the state language (Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan) can work in taxis. The social activist noted that allowing drivers from Uzbekistan and other nearby CIS countries to enter would help the industry.
“There are now many drivers in the special military operations zone, where the profession of driver-mechanic is one of the most in demand professions. Migrants will be able to work and save the economy, and these measures can be reconsidered when the SVO ends and our citizens return,” Zaripova suggested.
At the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs at the end of November offered Introduce a supervised stay regime for illegal immigrants that prohibits obtaining driver’s licenses, driving, transferring money and marrying.
It was known before reasons New increase in taxi prices next year.