What we do?

    Foreign labor management is one of the primary concerns most countries face when importing labor. Russia took almost ten years to establish her consistent labor migration policy in 2002 with a federal law called “On the Legal Status of Foreign Nationals.” The growing number of legal and illegal foreign labor immigrants leads Russia’s government to improve her foreign labor migration policy. 15 January 2007 Russia’s foreign labor immigration policy once again drastically renewed.

    Russia has two sources of labor inflow. One is from East Asia, the majority of whom are Chinese. The second group is from the CIS countries. Since these two flows of labor migrants are also crucial for Japan and Korea, the primary host countries in Northeast Asia, Northeast Asian studies must address Russia’s foreign labor management from a Northeast Asian perspective. It is time to share experiences in foreign labor management among Northeast Asian countries.

    We conduct our research project to make sure characteristics of Russia’s labor migration policy and its impact on domestic labor market in Northeast Asian view.

Publications

1.　Norio HORIE (2006) Russia’s New Migration Policy and Human Security, Journal of the Japan Sea Rim Studies, Vol.12 (in Japanese).

2.　Hongmei MA（2007）Russian-Chinese Trade, Investment and Energy Cooperation: Mutual Interests and Mutual Distrusts, Matsuyama University review, Vol.18, No.6.

3. 3.   Норио Хорие (2007) Задачи Миграционного Контроля Инностранной Рабочей Силы в России: О полядке приема высококвалифицированных кадров, Под. ред. Рязанцева С. В., Миграция между Россией и Вьетнамом: История, современные тенденции и роль в социально-экономическом развитии стран, МАКС Пресс.
   

4. 4.  Norio HORIE (2008), Demographic Situation and Foreign Worker Presence in Japan: A Lesson for Russia?, Ред. Рязанцев, С.В. и Маньшин, Р.В., Демографические перспективы России, Издательство Academia.
   

Recent Activities

1. ✴ 9 May, 2007, Norio HORIE read his paper on “Russia’s Labor Migration Management and Northeast Asia”, at IFANS-SRC Joint Conference (Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University.
   

2. ✴1-2, March 2007, at the International Conference for Economics, Business studies and Law, “Development of International Trading System:Prospects for Emerging Markets” St. Petersburg, Russia, Norio HORIE read his paper on “GATS Mode 4 and Russia’s Migration Policy “.
   

3. ✴We organized a workshop on “Russia’s foreign labor management and its impact on domestic labor market” in Osaka, 3-4 November 2006. Professor Yuri Avdeev read his paper on “Strategies for Building Infrastructure for Labor Force Mobility Management in the Russian Far East”.
   

4. ✴11-15 September 2006, at The 11th British Universities Siberian Studies Seminar (BUSSS), A Multidisciplinary International Conference “Siberia and the Russian Far East: Past, Present and Future” in Vladivostok, Norio HORIE read his paper on ”Russia’s Foreign Labor Management from Northeast Asia’s perspective”, and Sadayoshi OTSU read his paper on "Cross border labour migration in the North East Asia- some specific features compared with South East Asian case".
   

Foreign Collaborators

Professor Yuri Avdeev (Director of Pacific Strategy Development Center in Vladivostok)

Professor Svetlana Soboleva (Institute of Economics & Industrial Engineering in Novosibirsk)