Migrants were proposed to be banned from changing their place of work

The Ministry of Construction has finalized its plan to support the construction industry; it has already been submitted to the government for approval, Izvestia has familiarized itself with the document. Among other initiatives, the ministry has proposed to solve the personnel issue: to establish a new obligation for migrant workers who work in the country under a patent. The Ministry of Construction is sure that they should be obliged to work in Russia only for one employer, i.e. the name of the company will be fixed in the patent itself.

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The State Duma passed the law in the second and third readings

We are talking about amendments to the law "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation", which may apply to all sectors. The new order in the construction sector should begin to operate from April-June 2025, depending on the approval procedures. The expected result of this approach, the Ministry of Construction pointed out, is the reduction of staff turnover and strengthening of control over migrant workers. At the same time, the ministry has yet to specify what funding this measure will require.

It follows from the documents of the Ministry of Construction that the Ministry of Labor did not express any conceptual objections. The Ministry of Finance conceptually supported the Ministry of Construction's proposal, but made comments. The documents do not specify what exactly confused the ministry, and the ministry itself did not disclose their content to Izvestia. The Interior Ministry asked to be excluded from the discussion.

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