Social work with migrants in rural settlements: sociological aspect

Peculiarities of migration processes development in the Russian Federation indicate that along with the gradual normalization of the migration situation there is an actual problem of foreign nationals connected with their adaptation and integration. Annually, a significant number of migrants arrive at the territory of Khabarovsk rural settlements. Most of them do not know Russian language and the basics of immigration law. In 2014, 43940 people arrived in Khabarovsk Krai; 131479 foreign citizens and persons without citizenship were registered in the migration office. As a result of changing climatic, socio-economic, psychological-pedagogical conditions, foreign citizens, in most cases, show a low level of socio-psychological readiness to integrate into the local community in its actual borders. The fact of changing the place of residence is a destabilizing factor and entails certain disadvantages: the change of the social environment, the climate, the legal field. Under the new conditions of residence foreign citizens must adapt to the surrounding space - establish social relationships (friendship, business, relations with neighbors), study and know the laws of the community, receive (restore) the social and legal status (employment, realization of the right to education and training children, decent livelihood). Solution of this problem is complicated by specific conditions of life in rural areas. At the same time, the few sociological studies of migration processes focus on the research of problems of migrants living in cities and do not consider the adaptation problems of this category of population living in rural areas.