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Demographer Barometer

• International migrants in the European Union, 2021-2022
  • Since 2012, the population of the EU-27 has been increasing only due to migration growth
  • The number of people entering EU-27 countries began to grow again in 2021, exceeding 2.2 million people
  • Among those entering EU countries, the share of citizens from countries that are not members of the union is about half, among those leaving - about a quarter
  • At the beginning of 2022, 4.6% of the EU-27 population were citizens of countries outside the union; 8.5% were born outside of it

Q&A

• On the issue of fertility in modern Russia
• Two-thirds of Russians say they have a positive attitude towards large families
• More than half of divorced fathers do not participate in family life in any way
• One in three Russians ignores symptoms that could be signs of cancer
• Employment and unemployment in the views of Russians
• Men more often expect to live on a pension in old age, women - to continue working
• Income at retirement age

In the vastness of Russia

• Russia’s birth rate situation remains difficult
• Golikova announces 2.3% decrease in fertility for first half of 2023
• One in four adult Russians has no children
• Mortality down in Russia
• Most Russians consider a two-child family ideal
• The socio-economic development of regions does not correlate in any way with changes in the birth rate
• Ministry of Justice will prepare amendments to Family Code
• Child benefits will be paid regardless of family income increase
• Over 14 million dacha owners in Russia
• About 1.5 million people from other regions work in Moscow
• Ban on sale of flavored vapes will be introduced from March 1, 2024
• Mortality from diseases of the circulatory system in Moscow has decreased by 31%
• Will a ban on abortion in private clinics ensure an increase in the birth rate?
• The majority of doctors surveyed are against restricting the free sale of medical abortion drugs
• More than 60% of Russians self-medicate instead of going to the doctor
• Half of the users of State Services have received a digital mandatory medical insurance policy

World News

• In 2022, England and Wales had their lowest number of births in 20 years
• In Japan, the number of newborns in the first half of 2023 fell to the lowest level since 2000
• China will pay newlyweds if the bride is under 25 years old
• Among people under 18 in the United States, whites are a minority
• Germany to simplify acquisition of citizenship
• Lithuania will be able to withdraw citizenship granted under exemption rules
• Ukraine toughens penalties for violating immigration laws
• Israel denied entry to only 2.5 thousand Ukrainians in 2023
• Thousands of migrants in transit are unable to leave Niger
• Germany wants to send almost 3,400 illegal migrants back to Poland
• US sending fewer illegal migrants back to Mexico
• Britain's cost of keeping illegal migrants could reach $8 billion in five years
• 82% of Poles oppose EU initiative to accept migrants from the Middle East and Africa
• Heat has led to an increase in deaths among people over 65 in southern and central Italy
• Heat will become more dangerous for people's health around the world
• WHO reports worldwide increase in COVID-19
• New variant of coronavirus with many mutations has been discovered in UK
• Coronavirus was not the leading cause of death for infected patients in the US in almost 99% of cases
• Natural origin version of COVID-19 becomes the most likely
• More than half of Anglican priests support rites for same-sex couples

The newspapers write about…

• NEWS.ru, Novye Izvestia, 360tv.ru and Kommersant on low birth rate and new measures to combat it
• Kommersant and Novye Izvestia on the need for new Russian citizens to register for military service
• Kommersant on the rights of migrants
• TASS on the fight against illegal migration in the UK
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta on international migration in the world
• Rzeczpospolita and Polska Agencja Prasowa on the Polish labor market and migrants
• Vedomosti on the career trajectories of medical school graduates
• Novye Izvestia on the withdrawal of foreign pharmaceutical companies from Russia and Ministry of Health recommendations on the use of generics
• Izvestia on the shortage of medical care in Finland
• Kommersant on reasons to see an oncologist
• RBK on a decrease in food consumption among young Russians
• RBK on the structure of households based on the results of the population census
• Novye Izvestia on a new subject at school - "family studies"
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on a lack of affordable housing
• Novye Izvestia on remote work

Read books and magazines

• Exploring Norway's fertility, work, and family policy trends
• Migration between Mexico and the United States
• Demographic Yearbook of Kazakhstan
• Never forgotten: the situation of stillbirth around the globe
• WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke
• Through the pages of Zdravookhraneniye Russkoi Federatsii (Healthcare of the Russian Federation) and Vestnik obshсhestvennovo mneniya (Bulletin of Public Opinion)
• Contents of the magazine Demography

Profession: researcher

• 170 years since the birth of Dmitry Nikolaevich Zhbankov
• Summer school "Fundamentals of demographic analysis and population forecasting in Uzbekistan", August 14-18, 2023