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News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 53

Date: October 04 – October  17, 2013            

Kazakhstan

 

Senate approves amendments to the legislation on labor migration in the first reading

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Kazakhstan is considering the abolition of quotas for oralmans

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More than 1,500 foreigners were working illegally in Astana

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Head of the Statistics Agency explained the negative balance of migration

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Idrisov is confident that Russia would not introduce a visa regime for citizens of Kazakhstan

In Russian: .

 

Number of people employed in the labor market in Kazakhstan is growing

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Togzhan Kizatova: "Migrants even without these changes en masse work illegally, at the same time feeding an army of officials, especially from the security forces'

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Kyrgyzstan

 

Experts made recommendations to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on solution issues of labor migration

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Head of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Youth of KR and Head of the Federal Migration Service of the RF discussed the problems of migrant workers

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Parliament of Kyrgyzstan got advice to tighten the penalties for transporting illegal immigrants

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From the rostrum of the UN Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration of Kyrgyzstan called on to solve the problem of forced labor migrants

In Russian: .

 

About migration processes in Kyrgyzstan told at the meeting of the OSCE ODIHR on Human Dimension in Warsaw

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Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration of Kyrgyzstan in the UN headquarters spoke on the country's immigration policy

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Kyrgyzstan's entry into the Customs Union would bring Kyrgyz migrants to a new level - legal

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Migrants going to Russia would be advised at the airports

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FMS and Rossotrudnichestvo would test migrants on Russian together

In Russian: .

 

Half of the respondents of Kyrgyz labor migrants evaluate their earnings as low

In Russian: .

 

3 years Kyrgyzstan without concept on foreign migration

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Estimated unemployment in Kyrgyzstan

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Servey: Foreign labor migration is getting younger

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83.6% of Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia are working out of their field- research

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More than 88.2% of Kyrgyz migrant workers prefer to work in Russia legally

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About 90% of Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia intend to return home

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Almost 40% of migrant workers do not make out the registration documents upon arrival in Russia - poll

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Continuation of the movie "Ayat" presented in Bishkek, a story, this time about the life of migrants

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Feasibility of introducing a migration cards for citizens of neighboring countries discussing in Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyzstan intends to introduce immigration cards for migrant workers from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

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Government approved the provision of "single window" for migrant workers for Russia: nongovernmental pension fund to issue pension cards

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Border Service of Kyrgyzstan considers the introduction of migration cards is costly

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Almazbek Atambaev urged the youth to migrate educated

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MP does not believe in introducing a moratorium by Russia on remittances

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External labor migration of Kyrgyz peoples has gained widespread since 2000

In Russian: .

 

 

Tajikistan

 

Tajik citizens would have the right to work in Russia for 3 years

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Devonaev and  Romodanovskiy discussed issues concerning labor migration

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Dushanbe and Moscow in October may withdraw obstacles on terms of labor migrants

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Officer of Tajik Migration Service Representative in the Russian Federation impeded the spread of the newspaper "Tajiks of Russia" in Moscow

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Russia starting to consider ratification of the agreement on the order of stay of citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan

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CEC of Tajikistan stated that the number of migrants with the right to vote, less than 1 million

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Tajik MPs meet with migrant workers in St. Petersburg

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372 residents of Khatlon deported from foreign countries this year

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1620 job places created in Shuroabad

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Uzbekistan

 

Jobs for Youth

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Youth employment - in the center of constant attention

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Increased job security in Uzbekistan

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Russia

 

President of the Russian Federation: migrants should respect the laws, language, culture and traditions of the Russia

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State Duma is prompted to enter work visas for migrant workers

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The proposal of the Russian Federation to deprive workers from jobs in the field of trade requires a detailed study - the UN Special Rapporteur

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Putin believes that the visa regime may deter Russia CIS partners

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Medvedev: We should not allow the creation of ethnic enclaves of migrants

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Rafik Saifulin: Political gamble with migrants - minus for Eurasian initiatives of Moscow

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Expert: Russia’s tightening immigration laws related to the expansion of the Customs Union

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Sergei Abashin: No one in Russia will radically change the situation in the area of migration

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Maxim Kaznacheev: Tightening the law on migration in Russia aggravates the social situation in Central Asia

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3.5 million migrants got legal status for three years in Russia

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State Duma of Russia initiated a moratorium on remittances to the countries of Central Asia

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Illegal migration in Russia

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Zhirinovsky offered to abandon the labor migrants for three years and introduce the institution of "rigid registration"

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Head of the Federal Migration Service sees no point in talking about visas for visitors from the CIS

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FMS hopes that workers soon would visit Russia on foreign passports

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Russia: Detention of 1,200 migrants 'discriminatory and unlawful'

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Multilateral

 

CIS experts to discuss cooperation in the field of labor and migration

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CSTO proposes to create a single database of offenders of immigration legislation

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Migration services of the CSTO countries have identified financial transactions on 7 billion rubles

In Russian: .

 

International Labor Organization launched a project on CIS youth employment

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Labor migration: it is a problem in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - "Voice of Asia"

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International News

 

Ban Ki-moon called on to defend the rights of migrants

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UK to complicate the lives of illegal immigrants

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EU get offered to create a service to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

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Analytics

 

Tajik Presidential Hopefuls Struggle without Support of Migrant

Workers

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There are no Illegal migrants in Russia

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RA": Would the Tajik migrants have their say in the election?

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Russian Ambassador in Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov: "The situation of Tajik labor migrants in Russia would improve"

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31% of GDP in Kyrgyzstan is the remittances of migrants

In Russian: .

 

Are the children of migrant workers pity?

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What is the real unemployment rate in Kyrgyzstan?

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Kazakhstan wants to legalize all migrant workers and tax them

In Russian: .

 

Putin called for the expulsion of migrant workers migrant workers from Russia’s Trade

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Liberal Democratic Party proposed to ban migrants transfer money from Russia

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Migrant workers are going to give money to the private Russian Pension Fund

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"Migration policy in Russia have made a profitable business"

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Expert: From moratorium on transfers of migrants suffer Russians

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Kyrgyzstan intends to strengthen immigration controls

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Expert: Migration issues should be solved in Russia by not populist, but real measures

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"The mood of the week. Zharkynay Kuwat. Migrants, fascism, or what would prevent Romm”

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Russia - a successful policy on running population on Fascist lines

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Experts: every ten Muscovite ready to take in migrants

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Migration to the detriment of the budget

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Concentration of migrants reduces the price of housing by 10-15%, experts say

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Whether Russia live without cheap labor migration

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B.Shakuev: Labor army. The migration flow to Russia – how it is fraught for Central Asia?

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Guest workers in Kazakhstan would be obliged to buy the patent

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Marketable migrant. Win in illegal migration in Russia is not so much impossible as unprofitable.

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Symbol of order. What actually give visas to migrants from Central Asia

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Russia. Contempt for the migrants as a personal complex

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Why do people leave Kazakhstan?

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Political analyst Mamyrayymov: Because of the new law on labor migration simple Kazakh people may be on the verge of survival

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A.Serikov: Migration - a conversation in favor of the rich

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Publications

 

Newsletter #3 - September 2013

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Labor Migration: Trends, Policy and Statistics

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Migration and Health in the European Union

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IOM Migration Research Activities 2012–2013

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Practical guide on the legal relations involving foreign citizens in the area of labor migration

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New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” # 20, October 2013

In Russian: .  

 

"Migration XXI Century" Independent News and Analysis Journal, â„– 3 (18), July-August 2013

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New Issue of “Compatriots” # 10, October 2013

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Announcements

 

Seminar on immigration to be held in New York

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Program Officer

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Vacancy announcement for the position of Lawyer for “Protection and promotion of external migrants rights from Kyrgyzstan” Project

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Seminar on "Illegal migration and international cooperation in the fight against organized crime"

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