MIGRATION PROCESSES IN PERCEPTION OF SVERDLOVSK REGION RESIDENTS IN PANDEMIC CONDITIONS(BASED ON 2020 SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH)
With the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus infection and restrictions on movement imposed by countries of the world, international migration and travel opportunities drastically reduced. The Sverdlovsk region, which previously was one of the five most attractive some changes in the regional labour market and, as a result, a change in attitudes towards the presence of migrants in the region. These changes in public opinion were reflected in the results of sociological studies of a survey conducted in the fall of 2020 among student youth and residents of Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region. The results of the study also reflect the social wellbeing of the residents of the Middle Urals and formulated a request for a certain adjustment of the migration policy of regional and federal authorities.