MOSCOW, June 28 (UPI) -- A report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Russia has the most illegal migrant workers in the world.
The OECD's 2012 International Migration Outlook released Thursday showed almost 7 percent of Russia's labor force is illegal migrant workers, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. About 3.5 percent of the United States' labor force is made up of illegal migrant workers, OECD said.
The report showed Russia's demand for migrant labor is expected to increase because the working-age population is projected to decrease by 7 million people by 2020.
In January, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed numerous ways to manage illegal migration, including harsher punishments for illegal workers, criminal charges for people who employ illegal migrants and exams in Russian language, history and law for migrants to help them adapt to Russian society more easily.
