Illegal migration: social and legal conditionality and problems of counteraction
Migration processes in the Russian Federation, including domestic and international migration, are mainly determined by economic and social reasons. The study of migration processes becomes an important tool for making informed, rational decisions. It can allow to establish the probable crime rates and trends in future. Based on this data, it is possible to determine the optimal strategy for the activities of the internal affairs bodies. The analysis of crime statistics concerning the crimes committed by foreign citizens and stateless persons, conducted by the author of the article, allowed to establish the patterns of concentration and differentiation of the persons of the specified category in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Typical violations of mandatory requirements in the field of implementation of migration legislation, identified by the internal affairs bodies, and, accordingly, forming the phenomenon of illegal migration, as well as the problems of countering this phenomenon, are examined.