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to return and to diminish irregular migration, through facilitation of immigration procedures and imposition of sanctions to employers hiring undocumented labour, improved migration databases and new passports with electronic and biometric features, and increased cooperation among CIS countries in migration issues. New migration legislation has also been in force since January 2007. 16 Migration in the Russian Federation: A Country Profile 2008
1. iMMigrants 1.1. Number of immigrants Stock ............................................................................. 12,080,000 (2006) 9 As percentage of total population .........................................8.4% (2006 ) 10 Gender ratio .............................................................57.8% female (2005) 11 The United Nations Population Division (UNPD) ranks Russia second to the United States in the list of countries with the largest numbers of immigrants: United States – 38.9 million immigrants Russian Federation – 12.1 million Germany – 10.1 million Ukraine – 6.8 million Many of the foreign-born residing in the current Russian Federation were born in other states of the former USSR (Table 1). Therefore, for a large share of the foreign-born in Russia, the figure reflects the changed geopolitical status of their country of birth, rather than international migration to Russia. The total number of citizens from other states and of stateless persons is much lower (Table 2). 9 United Nations Secretariat, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (October 2006) International Migration. The number of international migrants generally represents the number of persons born in a country other than that in which they live. 10 Ibid. 11 World Bank, Development Prospects Group (2005) Migration and Remittances Factbook. Migration in the Russian Federation: A Country Profile 2008 1
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