THE FORMATION OF THE IMAGE OF AN ‘ALIEN’ IN THE LABOR MARKET IN THE SOCIAL-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE RUSSIAN BORDER-ZONE (CASE STUDY OF THE ALTAI REGION)
The ongoing integration of migrant community in the labor market of the Altai Region combined with the system and structural problems requires for the analysis of social aspects of the process. To determine the development tendencies of the regional labor market, and to form justified demand for labor, it is important to analyze the internal processes. One feature of the Altai Region should be taken into consideration, and that is its border-zone feature. The local population and labor migrants are subject to different forms of discrimination at the regional labor market. The reasons for the discrimination of the local population are of more diversified character and are latent. As for a migrant - it is quite enough just ‘to be a migrant’, and in case of illegal migration, the forms of discrimination could be very evident and rude because of a migrant’s rightlessness and unwillingness/ impossibility to protect own rights. According to the experts and the population, a number of discriminated positions in the labor market were determined. According to the respondent, the migrants do not encounter the most serious problems in finding jobs. Because of their ability to unite by the ethnic affiliation they are more protected in the labor market in emotional and psychological sense.