| Summary/Abstract |
Migration issues spark fierce debates in Russian society. But migration is a truly global phenomenon, and labor migration is a key element of the international labor market. According to the U.N., there are 231.5 million international migrants in the world today, including 135.6 million in the industrialized countries and 95.9 million in the developing ones. But the actual numbers must be much bigger since these estimates do not include numerous irregular migrants, both international and domestic. In this respect, there is little difference between migration problems faced by Russia and by other major immigration countries.
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