THE SITUATION IN THE WEST

totalitarianism Crash, wreck ' the Iron Curtain ' have allowed to enter into the Russian use concept of normal departure abroad.

In ours and a Western press many comments on this theme lately are located. This situation in connection with possible immigration streams is attentively studied by the western governments, discussed in business and public circles. It is clear that the particular interest how the question with immigrants will be dealt with, is shown by industrially developed countries where first of all it is possible to expect departure of the Russian citizens in the conditions of liberalisation.

Some political analysts in the West believe that mass inflow of emigrants from the CIS countries can create serious problems in their moving, employment, to lead to growth of unemployment and criminality in the country. The governments of some the western countries under the pressure of various political parties and public organisations already at the given stage develop the measures directed on restraint of a stream undesirable to them of emigrants.

So, in Finland the question on necessity of strengthening of the Finnish boundary protection even if on that the additional appeal on military service of separate groups of reservists for performance of duty in country borders is required is discussed. The anxiety concerning possible flow of refugees is shown and in other countries. Sweden has started the equipment of camps for immigrants. Norway, supposing possibility of uncontrollable emigration, has started preparation ' the crisis plan '. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country of the beginnings its working out with the Ministry of Justice, the director for affairs of foreigners in contact by the corresponding organisations of Sweden and Finland. in particular, Norwegians have begun preparation for possible reception of immigrants in the north of Norway, create there additional stocks of the foodstuffs. They assume that some citizens of Russia, having received the three-monthly tourist's visa, will take advantage of it for search in this country of temporary job or will try to receive residence permit or the right to a workplace. However in conditions when the rate of unemployment reaches 110 thousand persons, in Norway it is difficult to count even on temporary job. In a local press it is noticed that Norwegians in this plan have certain problems with the Polish citizens using here ' a black labour market '. Norwegians have already forbidden notorious ' shop tours ' from Russia.

In Australia fierce disputes round the immigration policy of the government, an immigration role in economy development, growth of the population, its influence on social sphere and an ecological condition of the country were developed. This problem has actually turned to one of prominent aspects of internal political struggle.

In the conditions of approaching serious recession in the Australian economy an original alliance of conservative political groups, trade unions, ' patriotic ' the organisations, a number of economists and demographers try to connect economic ailments with high level of immigration. The thesis that the assumption of the big inflow of immigrants from other countries economically unreasonably and conducts to strengthening of social intensity is put forward, aggravates a problem of inflation, deficiency of the balance of payments and large external debts as, supporters of this point of view prove, among present immigrants only 25% make qualified personnel and to half of new inhabitants of the country for two-three years ranks of the unemployed, nowadays recruit of components of the amateur population of 8%.

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