The authors write that up to a third of migrant workers may leave Russia due to the weakening of the ruble against the euro and dollar. vedomosti With reference to Bakhrom Ismailov, the leader of the Uzbek diaspora in Moscow.
According to the publication, a poll among the Uzbek diaspora showed that 50% of respondents are considering leaving Russia due to the depreciation of the ruble. 25% do not intend to leave the Russian Federation, and 25% have not yet decided on the answer. A total of 22,800 people participated in the survey.
“According to Ismailov, due to the growth of the dollar, the earnings of foreign citizens in Russia are falling and are becoming more and more comparable with incomes within the country,” the article says.
Ismailov believes that the largest outflow of labor migrants can be observed in the least paid areas – catering, cleaning, catering, courier delivery, agriculture.
Before that, Vedomosti Wroteby December of this year, about 50,000 migrant workers may find themselves in an irregular legal status in Russia due to their debts to microfinance institutions.
Previously recognizedHow the weakening of the ruble will affect the state of the economy.