Legal status of refugees in the Russian Federation

Migration legislation began to undergo changes under the influence of the current situation and simultaneously with its unfolding. It was necessary to separate refugees from ordinary labour migrants, to simplify the mechanism of legal stay on the territory of Russia, to avoid overloading the border regions. According to our research, most refugees legalized their legal status on the territory of Russia. Thus, 61.3% have obtained or are in the process of obtaining temporary asylum status, and 15.6% have obtained or are in the process of obtaining a temporary residence permit or a residence permit in the country. Only 11.5% have not legalised their legal status on the territory of Russia.Only 1.9% of the respondents indicated that they had obtained or are obtaining refugee status, which, in our opinion, is due to a lack of understanding of the application of this term in the Russian legislation. Such terms as "refugees", "forced migrants", "residence permit", "temporary residence permit", "temporary asylum", "registration" and others are all the more misunderstood by people who are far from Russian legislation, which causes confusion both when drawing up documents and when interacting with the FMS.