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Sherzod Eraliev

Sherzod Eraliev

Researcher

Sherzod Eraliev

Precarious Times for Central Asian Migrants in Russia

Author

  • Sherzod Eraliev
  • Rustam Urinboyev

Summary, in English

Russia has become a magnet for migrant workers from other post-Soviet countries, especially Central Asians. Although Russian business elites generally welcome this cheap labor source, the government has deferred to, and at times encouraged, xenophobic popular sentiment. Steadily tightening immigration rules have forced many foreign workers into the informal economy, where they are vulnerable to exploitation. The pandemic and accompanying lockdowns have only added to their difficulties.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology of Law

Publishing year

2020-09-21

Language

English

Pages

258-263

Publication/Series

Current History

Volume

119

Issue

819

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

University of California Press

Topic

  • International Migration and Ethnic Relations
  • Law and Society

Keywords

  • COVID 19
  • migration politics
  • Central Asian migrants
  • Russia

Status

Published

Project

  • Migration, Shadow Economy and Parallel Legal Orders in Russia
  • Migration and Legal Cultures in Post-Soviet Societies: Ethnographic Study of Uzbek Migrant Workers and Their Families

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0011-3530