Rodion_Romanovic wrote:What is important is to do something differently from the soviets. But at this point if Russia has to manage central Asian immigrants it would be also not wrong to think about retaking the land as well.
Of course that means that Russian language and russian culture should be encouraged also in the non ethnic Russian areas (but not the opposite), without however destroying the local cultures there.
What I mean is that in Daghestan (or other regions with majority of non ethnic Russians) and in the new areas (i.e. south Kazakhstan regions, Uzbekistan, regions Tajikistan etc) people should grow up with both russian and local culture and respect both, but if they want to find a job in Voronezh (just to make an example) or Sankt Petersburg, they need first to respect russian culture there and not create ethnic ghettos there.
As far as the consequences, one of the possibility is do not allow completely unrestricted movement of people between the various oblasts and republics except for holidays or short trips, but link change of residence with having a new job there already (and allow 3 months tolerance for job seekers).
Furthermore unemployment benefits should be paid only in the region of residence and original registration and should require at least 5-years of previous tax contribution in the country and at least 2 in that specific region/oblast/republic.
Basically the citizenship could be tied to the oblast/republic of origin and changes should be allowed only if work opportunities are available or if the person has the means to sustain himself or herself.
And in case of problems in the new regions, I believe it should be made possible for that region/oblast/ republic to disallow residency for a particular individual, which also be considered persona non grata and banned from it.
Furthermore in case of radicalisation/ terrorism or acts against the state it should be possible to revoke citizenship and exile the person after they have spent the time in jail. For that some agreements with third countries (i.e. Afghanistan or central African countries) to allow those persons to make themselves a new life (or go to the west from there, if they want and they are allowed to).
As far as the immediate issue, I totally agree on mandating health insurance for the immigrants.
This could be paid by the hiring firm as an example, which could organise recruitment and initial training directly in the original country.
As an example if there is a need of construction workers in Volgograd (and there are not enough russian workers for it), a Russian spin off could be opened in Tajikistan to recruit local workers, filter those who can be sent immediately and provide basic training (job specific and on russian language and cultural differences) for the ones that could be ready after a bit, and then provide them with a time limited specific working visa (which time is not counted for the purpose of naturalisation). After the job is finished send them back and possibly help them find a job in their own country.
Still, before allowing so many immigrants I would first make sure that there are no russian citizens that could do the same jobs. Furthermore I would mandate that the immigrants need to be paid the same amount as russian citizen plus a foreign worker tax should be paid to the state.
Basically hiring a foreign worker should cost more than hiring a russian citizen.
Finally I would also check among the unemployed if they want to be retrained/ or involved in such jobs.
I agree with most of your proposals, with some caveats granted, but we'll be getting into details that we don't really know ourselves in that case
As for ethnic ghettos, this is a tougher question. Because it is human nature, to some extent.
But if you want to promote integration, intermarriage and assimilation, then there are ways to do it to. But they are exactly related to improving conditions for migrants, and coming to reasonable compromises with local residents, not allowing xenophobia to get out of control, and creating affordable housing too, that immigrants can afford if they do decide to settle. That's the material factors in any case, there are ideological and social ones too, including some that you've touched on.
But it's important to note that ethnic ghettos will even quicker come about from a poor and ostracized immigrant population that then buys out the oldest and cheapest housing in the most dilapidated area of the city and creates support networks between themselves to provide all these services for one another that the government refuses them.
Actually, there is a certain proportion of Central Asian migration to Russia, that comes about from foreign students who decide to stay in Russia after finishing studies. As most foreign students in Russia are from Central Asia, or at least half of them. And these young people are so well integrated by the end of the process, that no-one even recognizes them as migrants. They come to Russia at a young age, get a higher education in the Russian language, make Russian friends, and then can legally find work and residence after that.
Or even if they study in their own capitals at a branch of one of the Russian universities, and then come to Russia afterwards. You won't differentiate them much from someone born in Russia.
But the problem of course is that Russia still needs unskilled foreign labour in various fields, and that many people don't can't afford higher education in Central Asia or are not interested in it.
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In Vladivostok, with the support of the governor, a militia detachment of SMO veterans was created to counter the lawlessness of migrants.