Peskov said it was necessary to regulate labor migration

In order for crime among migrants to end, it is necessary to regulate labor migration, to tighten and simplify the rules in this area. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov on November 22.

"It is necessary to regulate everything quite strictly, streamline, as it is done in many countries that host migrant workers," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying .

He noted that the laws also need to be made more clear and cruel, as well as to introduce various convenient rules.

Earlier, on November 21, the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that the deputies of the State Duma adopted an appeal to the Government of the Russian Federation on the implementation of measures to combat illegal migration.

November 15, it was reported that deputies of the LDPR faction headed by Leonid Slutsky prepared a bill, according to which the advance payment for a patent to work in Russia for migrants is proposed to be doubled. The authors of the document specified that, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the number of issued labor patents for those who came to the country in the visa-free procedure in 2023 increased by 3.6% compared to the previous year, amounting to 2.3 million.

Prior to that, on November 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian authorities should be primarily guided by the interests of Russian citizens in attracting migrants. According to him, foreigners coming to work in Russia will not face rejection if they speak Russian well, know Russian traditions and comply with the law.