migrant workers

Today, on December 18th, International Migrants Day, we have prepared postcards on the discrepancies between the Global Compact and Russia’s new Strategy for Migration Policy.

In September 2017, Mr. K., a citizen of Uzbekistan, was detained in St. Petersburg for not having identity documents with him. Police officers charged him with violation of Article 18.8 Section 2 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses for…read more

For the upcoming 27th session of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) ADC “Memorial” has pointed to various issues that are of utmost importance to the migrant…read more

Roundtable discussions on the problems of migrant workers coming from neighboring countries were held on May 30, 2016 in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, as part of the project of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The discussion was…read more

Precarious work, or agency labor, is a kind of “leasing” of workers: under these types of contract recruitment or employment agencies provide workers, who are officially employed by the employment agency, to other companies (in this case the workers enter…read more

As the immigration regulations in Russia become harsher and the practices of law enforcement agencies are often based on arbitrary interpretation of the rules, we are witnessing more and more absurd cases when people are prosecuted on ridiculous charges. Recently…read more