Policies on irregular migrants, Volume II - Republic of Armenia, Greece, Russian Federation

The insecurity which irregular migrants face on a daily basis because of the unlaw¬fulness of their residence prompted the European Committee on Migration (CDMG) to assess their situation in Council of Europe member states. The aim of the exercise was to pool and evaluate national experience and to draw up proposals on dealing with irregular migrants and improving co-operation between countries of origin and host countries. Five countries volunteered - Armenia, Germany, Greece, Italy and the Russian Federation - and submitted some aspects of their national policies regarding the situation of irregular migrants for evaluation. After volume I, which contains a summary of the project and the national reports of Italy and Germany, volume II looks at the situation of irregular migrants in Armenia, Greece and the Russian Federation.

Part I – Policy for combating irregular migration in the Republic of Armenia Objective and content baseline 1. Brief analysis of the migration situation in the Republic of Armenia: irregular migration versus general migration processes 1.1. General information on irregular migrants 1.2. Identification of special targeted policy 1.3. Enforced regulations of migration and their practical application 1.4. Potential causes of irregular migration 2. Main characteristics of special policy for tackling irregular migration 2.1. Major objectives and components 2.2. Policy rooting (implementation) 2.3. Main obstacles to the effective utilisation of policy against irregular migration 2.4. Regulation and co-operation in the context of policy implementation 2.5. Achievement of results and internal criteria for evaluation of efficiency 3. New special policy impact on irregular migrants and irregular migration flows 3.1. Evaluation of results against objectives 3.2. Positive and negative aspects of the policy 3.3. Lessons learned from policy implementation and recommendations for the future 4. Summary and fi ndings Appendix — List of expert participants in the research conducted under this report Part II – New elements of Greek policies concerning irregular migrants: the policy of regularisation of unauthorised migrants Executive summary 1. Short analysis of illegal migration 1.1. Basic information on irregular migrants 1.2. Rationale for adoption of the specific policy 1.3. Regulations in force and their application 1.4. Causes of illegal migration 2. Main characteristics of the specifi c policy 2.1. Analysis of the main objectives and components 2.2. Implementation of the policy 3. Evaluation of the impact of the policy on irregular migrants andmigration 4. Summary of conclusions References Part III – New answers to irregular migration challenges in the Russian Federation Executive summary 1. Short analysis of irregular migration to the Russian Federation 1.1. Basic information on irregular migrants 1.2. Rationale for a change to regularisation policy 1.3. Description of immigration regulations in force and how these are applied in practice 1.4. Analysis of possible root causes of irregular migration and reasons why people choose irregular migration over legal migration 2. Main characteristics of a new migration policy 2.1. Analysis of the main objectives and components 2.2. Implementation of the policy 3. Evaluation of the impact that the new policies have on the irregular migration influx and irregular migrants 4. Summary of conclusions