26 Feb 2021 Most labour migrants in Russia are males, but in recent years the percentage of females has been growing, even among migrants from Central Asia. For a long time, they were not the focus of most studies investigating migrants’ needs and health issues. The study Elizabeth King, Victoria Dudina, and Svetlana Dubrovskaya have
A study on migrants and coronavirus implemented by the Center of Regional and Urban Studies at the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration. The study shows that migrants from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have demonstrated responsible behaviors towards coronavirus more than Russians. In July 2020, a group of scientists from RANEPA (Evgeny
Dmitry Poletaev, Director of the Migration Studies Center , talks about migrants’ attitude towards their health Dmitry Polеtaev, Director of the Migration Studies Center and a leading scientific fellow at the Institute for National Economic Forecasts of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is a coauthor of several studies dedicated to migrants and healthcare. According to Dmitry,
How do migrants act when in need of medical care? Here, we explain five main strategies described in a study by Ekaterina Demintseva and Daniel Kashnitsky, investigators from the Institute for Social Policy, HSE University Russia is one of the most popular and important destinations for labor migrants from ex-Soviet republics, especially low-income Central Asian
Botirjon Shermuhammad, lawyer and founder of the Migrant support centerin Russia, talks about voluntary medial insurance for migrants and explains why they still prefer to travel back to their home countries for treatment. In Russia, if a migrant feels sick, in most cases he or she just lives with it. When it becomes unbearable, they
Angelika Dobrieva, phycisian, deputy head of Civic Assistance committee on medical issues, talks about access to Russian healthcare for foreign citizens, related challenges and help from charitable organizations What are main challenges of access to healthcare services for migrants and refugees in Russia? Such access depends on a person’s status in the country. We can