Migrant child population ranks among the highest in the Sverdlovsk region, making it one of the top five regions with the most migrant children in the country.
Sverdlovsk Oblast: Scoring high among Russian regions with the most migrant kids, it's home to approximately 9,600 children from overseas families. As per TASS, citing the Ministry of Education and Science, this figure was reported.
From April 2025, a law enforces the prohibition of enrolling kids who can't speak Russian in schools. This move aims to facilitate foreign students' integration into the education system and enhance their language skills. The regions with the highest number of migrant children are taking steps to teach them Russian, including: Moscow Oblast (44,422 children), Moscow (25,963 children), St. Petersburg (19,622 children), and Sverdlovsk Oblast (9,600 children).
Summer tests are set to commence on this reform. In total, 10 tests are planned for 2025, with the next one slated for June 23 from 10:00 to 16:00. 14 educational institutions in Yekaterinburg and 96 educational organizations in Sverdlovsk Oblast will conduct these tests.
Our site previously reported that in 2024, 32,920 foreign citizens landed in Sverdlovsk Oblast—a figure that more than doubled the 2023 arrival count (16,000). According to Sverdlovskstat data, about 80% of migrants hailed from former Soviet countries: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.
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Insight:While specific, long-term data tracking migrant children counts in Sverdlovsk Oblast is scant in the accessible sources, Russia offers free and compulsory education for children, including migrants, under its constitution. The region has a social support system in place to ensure their social and educational integration, although details specific to migrant children aren't explicitly detailed in the search results. Russia's well-established educational infrastructure and regional support programs form the primary measures for integrating migrant children in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
- I'm not sure if there's a detailed list of the number of migrant children enrolling in education-and-self-development programs in Sverdlovsk Oblast beyond 2025, but Russia's constitution mandates free and compulsory education for all children, including migrants.
- The Sverdlovsk Oblast, with 9,600 overseas children, has been taking steps to advance its migrants' Russian language skills ahead of the April 2025 law that bars those who can't speak Russian from enrolling in schools.
- Despite the scarcity of data on migrant children's enrollment beyond 2025, Russia's education system, along with regional support programs, has been instrumental in integrating migrant children in places like Sverdlobsk Oblast.
- The ongoing political discussions on education reform in Russia include the integration of migrant children, especially those in regions like Sverdlovsk Oblast, where the influx of migrants has increased significantly in the past years.
