Endryushko A.A. Immigrants with children in Russia: socio-demographic characteristics (beginning). Issues of national and federal relations. Vol. 12. No. 11 (92). P. 4214-4223.

Abstract

Russia is the center of attraction for migration flows from the post-Soviet states. In addition to the migrants themselves, members of their families, including minor children, are included in cross-border movements. Limited statistical information does not allow us to determine the proportion of migrants with children in Russia and draw up a portrait of this group. Meanwhile, a review of studies shows that children act as a link between adult immigrants and the host society, forcing parents to contact a large number of social institutions, intensifying integration processes. This article is the first part of a text devoted to immigrants with children in Russia, which examines their socio-demographic characteristics. The empirical basis of the study is the data of surveys of migrants from post-Soviet countries in the Russian Federation: 2017 (8577 respondents, of which 411 live in the Russian Federation with children, from 1 to 5 for each respondent, 2699 left children at home); 2020 (700 respondents, of which 108 took one or more children with them on migration, 212 left them in the country of origin). The data show that in the Russian situation, when migrating with children, we more often deal with a complete family (at least a nuclear one), as a rule, being on a long-term migration and planning to link their lives with the receiving country. In the second part, which will be published in the next issue, we will consider various aspects of the integration of immigrants living in the Russian Federation with minor children.