Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin is determined to prevent large numbers
of foreign workers coming to the Russian capital in search of a
better life.
Moscow city government annually cuts the quota for foreign workers
by some 70,000-100,000 people. In 2009 the limit for migrants was
392,000, while in 2010 it was reduced to 250,000.
Next year Moscow's migrant quota will be about 200,000 people.
Sobyanin said he would work in cooperation with employers and Trade
Unions in order to clamp down on "groundless" employment requests
for foreign workers.
In November,
Sobyanin was angered over the city labor and
employment department's decision to invite 1,146 Chinese nationals
to work in the city.
"I have nothing against migrants - the city needs
them. I just want to understand what kind of specialists are needed
and in what areas," he said then.
MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti)
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