The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft government resolution aimed at creating a unified interagency database containing information on migrant children and their legal representatives. According to the publication "Kommersant," the document is currently undergoing evaluation by relevant government committees.
As per the draft text, the Migration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be able to automatically collect information about minor children of foreign citizens and exchange it with structures such as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Digital Development, Rosobrnadzor, as well as regional education management bodies.
The document specifies that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will send data about foreigners registered for migration in the respective territory to educational organizations. In turn, the Ministry of Education and its subordinate institutions will inform about the status of migrant minors' relatives: whether they are studying, have not enrolled, or have been expelled.
This initiative was developed after the State Duma approved the Ministry of Internal Affairs' proposal on mandatory information exchange about foreign citizens between Russian agencies. The implementation of such an information interaction system is planned from 2026.
Since April of this year, a legal norm has been in effect in Russia requiring migrant children to pass Russian language testing for school enrollment. At the same time, all documents confirming the right of a foreign citizen's family to stay in the country must be impeccably prepared.
As a result of these requirements, in September, over 87% of migrant children who applied for school enrollment were unable to begin their studies. The exception was the Republic of Tatarstan, where, on the contrary, 82% of such children were admitted to educational institutions.