Labor migrants in the rural society of the region: features of the social and economic interaction with the local population

Abstract

This article presents the analysis of the objective and subjective sides of labor migration in the rural society of the Khabarovsk territory. According to the official statistics, international labor migration in the region has increased substantially, especially from the Central Asian FIC countries, which gives the rise to different models of the social and economic interaction of foreign citizens with the local population. In this case, the main flows of labor migrants settle in the urban areas or near their area. Meanwhile, the need for labor resources is largely expressed in the countryside. Based on the analysis of the narratives of migrant workers in the article the characteristics of different types of the life forms of exchange with the local population, their influence on the development of social relations in the rural society are shown.