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Russia grants equal rights to Eurasian Union citizens - pros and cons
00:11 * 18.10.14
Armenia and Russia have agreed on a joint measure to grant equal
rights and conditions to employment migrants.
Speaking to Tert.am, Aram Safaryan, President of the local NGO
Integration and Development, said a corresponding document has been
already coordinated with the Russian government agencies to ensure
equality for the Armenians ctizens in Russia.
"Those rights imply equal employment conditions, lifting of patents
and licenses, as well as a corresponding social package which
particularly envisages a right to access primary healthcare and
ambulance services. Besides, Armenian citizens are granted the right
the free school and nursery-school attendance for their children," he
said.
Asked to comment on the amended Russian migration rules that
restricted the entry of people who violated the residency terms,
Safaryan said he knows that the Federal Migration Service has now
launched an interagency commission to revise the dossiers of those
Armenian citizens who faced entry bans earlier this year.
"It has already been announced that the cases involving spouses and
parents are automatically subject to revision. And that also
automatically applies to the Armenian citizens in Russia. Citizens
falling within other categories have to apply to the Federal Migration
Agency centers to have their cases revised by the commission within
short timeframes," he explained.
Safaryan noted that the corresponding bodies have already got the
procedure underway. "Under the document already coordinated with the
interested Russian ministries, the Armenian citizens are granted the
right to the same employment and residency conditions as do the
citizens of the [Eurasian] Customs Union member states," he added.
Safaryan said he thinks that the Eurasian Economic Union is a step
ahead compared to the Customs Union. "In the case of the Customs
Union, we deal with the free movement of money, capital, goods and
services. whereas in the Eurasian Economic Union, the right to free
movement adds to that," he added.
Asked whether he isn't afraid that the measure will boost migration,
Safaryan replied, "I don't think so, because I know that thousands of
people used to renounce their Armenian citizenship to become citizens
of Russia under the pretext of their children's [free] schooling
opportunity, patent right etc. I believe that after the signing of
this treaty [on EEU accession], the Armenian citizens will
overwhelmingly stop thinking about giving up the Republic of Armenia
citizenship."
Commenting on the measure, Head of the Armenian Migration Service
Gagik Yeganyan said he is aware that the united labor market and the
free movement of labor force will also apply to the Armenian citizens
after treaty's effective date (January 1, 2015)
"Those rules of the game will apply to citizens of all the EEU
countries. An Armenian citizen will have the same employment rights as
the Russian citizen, and that will have a mutual effect," he said,
ruling out the necessity of further documentation procedures.
Yeganyan added that the entry bans resulting from irregular migration
are not within the realm of the EEU authorities. "As far the the
individuals facing entry bans are concerned, we send requests to our
colleagues in Russia for each individual case. Based on the notice,
they revise the decision," he said, considering the Russian
authorities' agreement to reconsider the cases a manifestation of good
will.
As for possible migration concerns, Yeganyan said he doesn't think
that the facilitated rules will boost exodus
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/10/18/armenia-safarian-yeganian/
00:11 * 18.10.14
Armenia and Russia have agreed on a joint measure to grant equal
rights and conditions to employment migrants.
Speaking to Tert.am, Aram Safaryan, President of the local NGO
Integration and Development, said a corresponding document has been
already coordinated with the Russian government agencies to ensure
equality for the Armenians ctizens in Russia.
"Those rights imply equal employment conditions, lifting of patents
and licenses, as well as a corresponding social package which
particularly envisages a right to access primary healthcare and
ambulance services. Besides, Armenian citizens are granted the right
the free school and nursery-school attendance for their children," he
said.
Asked to comment on the amended Russian migration rules that
restricted the entry of people who violated the residency terms,
Safaryan said he knows that the Federal Migration Service has now
launched an interagency commission to revise the dossiers of those
Armenian citizens who faced entry bans earlier this year.
"It has already been announced that the cases involving spouses and
parents are automatically subject to revision. And that also
automatically applies to the Armenian citizens in Russia. Citizens
falling within other categories have to apply to the Federal Migration
Agency centers to have their cases revised by the commission within
short timeframes," he explained.
Safaryan noted that the corresponding bodies have already got the
procedure underway. "Under the document already coordinated with the
interested Russian ministries, the Armenian citizens are granted the
right to the same employment and residency conditions as do the
citizens of the [Eurasian] Customs Union member states," he added.
Safaryan said he thinks that the Eurasian Economic Union is a step
ahead compared to the Customs Union. "In the case of the Customs
Union, we deal with the free movement of money, capital, goods and
services. whereas in the Eurasian Economic Union, the right to free
movement adds to that," he added.
Asked whether he isn't afraid that the measure will boost migration,
Safaryan replied, "I don't think so, because I know that thousands of
people used to renounce their Armenian citizenship to become citizens
of Russia under the pretext of their children's [free] schooling
opportunity, patent right etc. I believe that after the signing of
this treaty [on EEU accession], the Armenian citizens will
overwhelmingly stop thinking about giving up the Republic of Armenia
citizenship."
Commenting on the measure, Head of the Armenian Migration Service
Gagik Yeganyan said he is aware that the united labor market and the
free movement of labor force will also apply to the Armenian citizens
after treaty's effective date (January 1, 2015)
"Those rules of the game will apply to citizens of all the EEU
countries. An Armenian citizen will have the same employment rights as
the Russian citizen, and that will have a mutual effect," he said,
ruling out the necessity of further documentation procedures.
Yeganyan added that the entry bans resulting from irregular migration
are not within the realm of the EEU authorities. "As far the the
individuals facing entry bans are concerned, we send requests to our
colleagues in Russia for each individual case. Based on the notice,
they revise the decision," he said, considering the Russian
authorities' agreement to reconsider the cases a manifestation of good
will.
As for possible migration concerns, Yeganyan said he doesn't think
that the facilitated rules will boost exodus
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/10/18/armenia-safarian-yeganian/