Labour immigration during the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences in the socioeconomic development of modern Russia

The article is devoted to the analysis of trends and directions of the development of international labour migration in modern Russia. The focus of the work is trends, transformations and the consequences of attracting and using foreign labour in the national economy in the context of overcoming the consequences of the crisis associated with the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. The main content of the article, its theoretical and empirical provisions include: (i) study of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the transformation of labour immigration; (ii) identifying and disclosing the socioeconomic impact of international labour mobility before and during the coronavirus pandemic; (iii) consideration of the impact of the pandemic on the situation and migration behavior of labour migrants; (iv) discussion of the problems of regulating labour migration after the end of the active phase of combating the coronavirus epidemic. Based on the use of statistical methods and the results of sample sociological studies, an attempt is made to show what is happening in the country today with international labour mobility, its pros and cons in the development of the domestic economy. The article defines and describes the main features of labour immigration. The impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the processes of interaction between states in the field of international labour exchange is considered. The contradictory effects of the inflow and outflow of foreign workers on the functioning of the national labour market are analyzed. Estimates are given to the consequences of the epidemic's impact on the employment of migrants and their redistribution into the shadow economy. The features of the migration behavior of foreign workers are revealed. It is shown that in their migration intentions there is a fairly large number of those who are not going to leave and do not think to leave the country in the near future. Special attention is paid to the problems of regulation of external labour migration. Answers are given to fundamental questions about how the state the migration policy can and should change in the field of attracting and using foreign labour during the post-pandemic recovery of the domestic economy.