Migration as a (Geo-)Political Challenge in the Post-Soviet Space : Border Regimes, Policy Choices, Visa Agendas / Olga R. Gulina, Andreas Umland, Nils Muižnieks

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gulina, Olga R. Dr., Author.

Contributor:

Umland, Andreas, Editor.

Muižnieks, Nils., Author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 212.

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 212

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration.

Post-Soviet.

politics.

Politik.

Sowjetunion.

Osteuropa.

Russland.

Local Subjects:

Migration.

Post-Soviet.

politics.

Politik.

Sowjetunion.

Osteuropa.

Russland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2019

Biography/History:

The author: Dr. Olga R. Gulina is acting director and founder of RUSMPI, the Institute on Migration Policy in Berlin. She studied constitutional and migration law in Russia, Germany, and France as well as at the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation and European Academy of Diplomacy in Poland. Gulina held fellowships from the German Chancellor Program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and from the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. She is author of several books and papers. The author of the foreword: Dr. Nils Muižnieks was the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights in 2012-2018, Chairman of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance in 2010-2012, and Latvian Minister for Social Integration, Anti-Discrimination, Minority Rights, and Civil Society Development in 2002-2004.

Summary:

Over the last three decades, migration management in the newly independent states which emerged from the ruins of the USSR in 1991 has become a tool for staking out zones of influence, a winning slogan for election campaigns, and a handle on the domestic population. Such an instrumentalization of migration is widespread in all post-Soviet republics. (Geo-)political games around migration issues are also a mechanism of foreign influence and a method of destabilization across the former USSR as well as an apology for slowing down reforms and even for transforming their character or vector. The ruling elites of the newly independent states exploit, with different degrees of intensity and success, institutions and rules of migration laws, including the granting of citizenship, asylum, temporary and permanent residence authorization, etc., in order to advance certain foreign and domestic policies. The directions of various post-Soviet nations’ migration policies—be they pro-European, pro-Asian, or pro-Russian—are informed less by a pursuit of cultural, historical, or economic advantages for the respective countries and their populations than by the dynamics of geopolitical rivalry and often by the principle “either an ally or a rival; there is no middle ground.” This fascinating volume explains why shifts in migration management in the post-Soviet countries are both causes for and consequences of political changes that influence foreign and domestic policy making.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: Legal Framework of Migration Management in Post-Soviet States

Regulation of Migration in the 1990s

Regulation of Migration in the 2000s

Regulation of Migration 2010-2018

Chapter 2: Migration Management as a Geopolitical Tool in the Post-Soviet Space

Russia and Georgia: Neither Friends nor Enemies

Russia and Ukraine: Between Confrontation and Cooperation

Russia and Belarus: The Union State divided by Straight Lines

Chapter 3: Migration as a Geopolitical Challenge for Russia

Migration as a Demographic Challenge

Political Challenge of Migration in Russia

Migration as a Social Challenge

Chapter 4: Migration as a Geopolitical Challenge for Ukraine

Going to the West

Going to Russia

Chapter 5: Ukrainian Nationals Searching for Shelter and Asylum in Russia, Belarus and within Ukraine

The Statistical Overview

Work Patent (Labor License)

Refugee Status

Temporary Asylum

Situation in Belarus

Situation in Ukraine

Legal Misinterpretation in Russia and Ukraine

The Potential Impact of the Conflict on Migration in other post-Soviet countries

Re-drawing the Migration Landscape

Chapter 6: Migrants from the FSU-Countries in the European Union: Safe Countries of Origin?

Countries of the Former Soviet Union as the SCOs

Humanitarian Migrants from Georgia, Ukraine and Russia in the EU Member States

Ukraine - Europe's Forgotten Refugees?

Russians Seeking Asylum in the EU

EU Visa Liberalization policy in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine

Where is this "Europe Without Visas and Borders?"

Melting the Frozen Conflicts

Chapter 7: Post-Soviet Migration, Diaspora and Beyond

Understanding Diaspora Issues

Institutionalization of Diaspora Politics.

Migration and Repatriation in Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

The Russian Case

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Repatriation Programs

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Annexes.

ISBN:

9783838273389

3838273389

Publisher Number:

9783838273389