Clergy are looking for a way to integrate migrants into Russian culture

August 29 Regions.ru published a selection opinions of religious figures on measures for the adaptation of migrants. Former head of department education in Moscow, Isaac Kalina said that schools cannot cope with the task of integrating migrant children into the Moscow cultural environment.

Cleric of the Moscow Church of Cosmas and Damian in Shubin Archpriest Alexander Kuzin agrees that the Department of Education cannot to form among visitors a respectful attitude towards the local culture: "These questions should be decided by people of a much higher level. Need to remember more Kondopoga and Sagra, and understand that the confrontation will grow, because. rejecting people who do not want to live by the laws of your country is normal. And if the authorities do not take up the solution of this problem, then the Russians will organize themselves."

Rector of the Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in the village Dushonovo, Schelkovsky District, Moscow Region, Archpriest Alexy Novichkov believes that "the only solution that has existed for millennia, was determined by God Himself after the Babylonian pandemonium (apparently, O. Andrew means that every nation should live in its own land: “There (in Babylon) the Lord confounded the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over all earth", Gen. 11 : 9, explains Regions.Ru). And breaking this decision means create more problems."

Cleric of the Moscow Church of St. Nicholas in Otradnoye Priest Valery Bulannikov, agreeing with the need for an exam in language and knowledge of culture for migrants and promoting mutual respect, recalls: "We also must not forget that, considering themselves Christians, they should have a Christian attitude towards representatives of other traditions. This process must be mutual. It's not easy way, but let's hope that the right steps will be taken in the right direction."

Rector of the Church of St. prvd. John of Kronstadt in Zhulebin priest Dimitry Arzumanov is upset by the lack of a common state ideology - "a common fields for different cultures and nationalities": "We do not have a single an all-Russian concept, and it will not form by itself. We ourselves are not really We know what kind of state this is in which we live.

General Representative of the Muslim Coordinating Center North Caucasus Shafig Pshikhachev proposed to organize Russian language training where migrants come to Russia from, so that they are already prepared: "Labor migrants come primarily to work, not to learn the language, and it is difficult for them tune in to learning. To solve all these problems, it is necessary to use Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FMS.

Chairman of the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and associations of Russia, Rabbi Zinoviy Kogan considers the absence of quality social services. In addition, the rabbi emphasized that labor migrants are a "good" for Russian citizens: "Earlier specially started wars in order to win the labor force, and now people voluntarily come to work.

Chairman of the Union of Orthodox Citizens Valentin Lebedev believes that the way out of the difficult situation with migrants in the invitation "spiritually close people": "They once graduated from our schools, universities are familiar with our traditions. There are enough such people, including ours. compatriots living in the near abroad".

Sources

• Priests on migrants and integration // Regions.ru. 2011. August 29.