Migration in the Russian Federation: A Country Profile 2008 - EU ...

Labour migrants
Table 10. Foreign workers in Russia (by main countries of origin)
2004 2005 2006
no. % no. % no. %
total 460,364 100.00 702,500 100.00 1,014,013 100.00
from Cis
countries (total)
Including:
Azerbaijan
221,862 48.19 343,665 48.92 537,722 53.03
9,844 2.14 17,302 2.46 28,319
Armenia 17,000 3.69 26,169 3.73 39,760 3.92
Georgia 3,789 0.82 4,314 0.61 4,928 0.49
Kyrgyzstan 7,988 1.74 16,228 2.31 32,981 3.25
Moldavia 22,689 4.93 30,613 4.36 50,958 5.03
Tadzhikistan 23,282 5.06 52,602 7.49 98,736 9.74
Turkmenistan 304 0.07 1,499 0.21 704 0.07
Uzbekistan 24,101 5.24 49,043 6.98 105,061 10.36
Ukraine 108,615 23.59 141,777 20.18 171,292 16.89
from other
countries (total)
including:
Afghanistan
238,502 51.81 358,835 51.08 476,291 46.97
2,521 0.55 2,874 0.41 3,840 0.38
Bulgaria 2,268 0.49 1,815 0.26 1,547 0.15
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
1,583 0.34 2,084 0.3 3,667
Vietnam 41,816 9.08 55,554 7.91 69,076 6.81
Germany 1,506 0.33 2,132 0.3 3,094 0.31
India 2,109 0.46 2,729 0.39 3,802 0.37
Italy 758 0.16 909 0.13 1,097 0.11
China 94,064 20.43 160,569 22.86 210,784 20.79
Korea (PDRK) 14,736 3.2 20,057 2.86 27,666 2.73
Korea Republic 466 0.1 968 0.14 1,321 0.13
Latvia 1,158 0.25 1,176 0.17 1,128 0.11
Lithuania 4,429 0.96 3,894 0.55 3,428 0.34
Poland 1,328 0.29 1,432 0.2 2,141 0.21
Serbia and Montenegro
7,504 1.63 9,777 1.39 13,661
Great Britain 1,449 0.31 2,168 0.31 3,193 0.31
United States 1,943 0.42 2,859 0.41 3,724 0.37
Turkey 48,007 10.43 73,695 10.49 101,407 10.00
Philippines 112 0.02 692 0.1 2,559 0.25
Finland 1,259 0.27 1,290 0.18 1,264 0.12
France 1,137 0.25 1,614 0.23 2,576 0.25
Source: Federal Migration Service
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