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NEWS DIGEST ON MIGRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA NO 23

 

Date: July 20 – 26, 2012

Kazakhstan

 

Kazakhstan approves quotas for foreign labor in priority projects

In Russian: or here.

 

China asks Kazakhstan to streamline labor visas

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Labor and Social Protection Ministry of the RK holds an extensive board meeting on social and labor issues

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Employment - 2020 Program employs 100 thousand Kazakhstanis - Minister of Labor

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Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan estimated at 5.2% in June 2012

In Russian: or here.

 

Over 120 companies owe salaries to their workers in Kazakhstan - Minister of Labor

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Kyrgyzstan

 

Official opening of the Employment Centre under the Ministry of Youth, Labor and Employment

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"Central Asia on the Move" Program launched in Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov meets with compatriots in Russian regions

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World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis and Compatriots plans to establish an Investment Fund in Kyrgyzstan

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Annually $1.6 billion sent to Kyrgyzstan by migrant workers

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O. Babanov: By 2017 the average salary in Kyrgyzstan will be 30 thousand KGS and each family will have at least 3 children

In Russian: or here.

 

The Head of the Youth Ministry A. Alymkulov: It is delightful to know that the majority of the participants of the "Mekendeshter" Forum are young Kyrgyzstanis

In Russian: or here.

 

Ednan Karabaev: The World Congress will help us look at our problems from the outside

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Tynchtybek Chorotegin: The World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis should become a permanent body

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Emilbek Omurakunov: The World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis will become a starting point for people’s unity

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Experts explain the growth of the volume of labor migrants’ remittances with the stability of the Russian economy

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New routes for labor migration may be developed

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Videoconference with representatives of the Russian Migration Service to be held in Bishkek

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SPBM to open a Representative Office in Yekaterinburg

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Forum of young people and representatives of the Kyrgyz Diaspora hosted in Munich

In Russian: or here.

 

Bicycle and sailing race to be held in Issyk-Kul in the framework of the "Mekendeshter" Forum

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New facts about the so-called “Patriot” Gang of Gastarbeiter from Kyrgyzstan

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Tajikistan

 

Tajikistan offers migrant workers to voluntarily contribute to social taxes

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More than a thousand citizens of Tajikistan refused to fly to Russia

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The representative of Tajikistan’s Migration Service holds a series of meetings in the Volgograd Region

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137,000 migrants receive patents (work licenses)

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Tajikistan witnesses growth of the volume of remittances

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NDPT incites migrant workers to become members

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Russia: Pamir natives in Moscow demonstrate to stop the military operation in Khorog

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Tajikistanis in the USA protested against military operations in Khorog

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Uzbekistan

 

Rubber flats, the history of Moscow and Chekhov. The second issue of migrants’ “Uzbegim” newspaper

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Employers’ rights under law protection

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Competition among young entrepreneurs

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An effective system of personnel training

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Russia

 

Round table "Demography, population, international migration ..." held in Moscow

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Migrants from Central Asia as serious competitors for Russians in the job market

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Foreigners may be required to have a medical examination for employment

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Shoigu: Kyrgyzstan is interested in training specialists in the Moscow region

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Podmoskovye Department of the FMS recognizes inefficiency of migration quota

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Edward Kumyshev: Adaptation of migrants is an important aspect of government policy

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St. Petersburg to teach migrants how to live in a European city

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Inflow of migrant workers increases by 72% in Irkutsk oblast compared to 2011

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Tolyatti to open a hostel for migrant workers

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Human rights reception office for migrant workers to open in Sochi

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Number of illegal migration cases in Podmoskovye has declined 6 times

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Detention center for illegal migrants to be opened in Kamchatka

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Amurian businessman fined for illegal migrants

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Multilateral

 

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan launch regional program to promote migrants’ rights

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Not only Diaspora leaders to become members of the Council of Elders

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Latvia starts to actively use the services of migrant workers from CIS countries

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International News

 

IOM appeals for $177 million

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UK Border Agency backlog worries MPs

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Ukraine and the EU to simplify visa regime

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Analytics

 

Kyrgyzstan: Some students find loophole in US State Department program

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Remittances of migrant workers go to waste

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Simple stories of complex migration

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UNDP’s Office of the Senior Economist predicts a decline in remittances to Kyrgyzstan by labor migrants

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Tajik unemployment fuels Islamic militancy (audio report)

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Life in Tajikistan becomes more difficult

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The end of the Gastarbeiter myth

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Konstantin Romodanovsky: No reinforcement of migration policy. Higher charges against law violators (interview with "Rossiyskaya Gazeta")

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Yurii Krupnov: "Migration Policy Concept is a monument to bureaucratic self-destructive policy on the elimination of national economy and population"

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Rules of hospitality

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Greetings from the very "heart of Russia"

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"Mekendeshter" Forum: A look at Medicine from abroad

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Daniyar Derkembaev: "The World Congress should become a unifying body for hundreds of Diasporas around the world"

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Kyrgyzstan is in our heart, not a burden on our shoulders

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Employment - 2020 Program provides assistance to unemployed in organizing their workplace, business and life, - Ali Bektaev

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What can the Diaspora do?

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Get a work license and work

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Publications

 

New issue of “Your right. Migration”, â„– 15, August 2012

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Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries

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Announcements

 

Bishkek to host the First World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis and Compatriots

In Russian: or here.

 


Phone: +996 (312) 915000 ext. 326, 327

Email: tspc@auca.kg

Address: 7/6 Aaly Tokombaev Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic 720060

 

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