In 2020, the number of labor migrants in Moscow dropped sharply — “according to some estimates, by 40%,” Sergei Sobyanin said in an interview with the Rossiya 1 channel. Residents of other regions have to be involved in the performance of seasonal work.

Sergei Sobyanin did not name the source of the data on the decline in the number of migrants and did not give absolute figures. But the problem, according to him, is serious - there are not enough workers in the public utilities sector. It is solved by mechanization and involvement of residents of other regions.

Sergei Sobyanin

Mayor of Moscow

“Manual labor, shovel, broom, crowbar. Not all Muscovites are ready to work in such jobs.”

The data of the Central Bank also speak about the outflow of migrants: the volume of transfers of individuals from Russia to the CIS countries in May 2020 lagged behind last year by about 20%.

• In September , it became known that Russia would abandon paper migration cards: foreigners would be given the opportunity to change the purpose of entry into the country on the go and obtain permits through the public services website. The system of permits for temporary residence will also be gradually abandoned.
• With visible progress in the system, there are pitfalls. Experts remind that the real bases of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are updated up to one and a half months, and the electronic bureaucracy promises to be tougher than the paper one.
• In addition, all migrants staying in Russia for more than 30 days will be required to be fingerprinted, photographed, undergo a medical examination and receive ID cards.