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NEWS DIGEST ON MIGRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA NO 26

 

Date: August 10-16, 2012

Kazakhstan

 

Almaty toughens migration control

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Implementation of Employment Program discussed in Aktobe

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In June average monthly salary equals to $704 in Kazakhstan

In Russian: or here.

 

Nearly 470 thousand unemployed Kazakhstanis registered in July

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Astananians register Chinese at their residence for a fee of $33-66

In Russian: or here.

 

Kyrgyzstan

 

Mairambek Zhapanov: “World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis achieves its objectives”

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Manual for labor migrants to be issued in Russian and Kyrgyz languages in Kyrgyzstan

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Flow of migrants from Kyrgyzstan to Russia increases dramatically in recent years

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Kyrgyz women living abroad, decide to fight against torture of mothers and children

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Almost half of Kyrgyz labor migrants settle down in Moscow

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6 children of migrants brought to Kyrgyzstan from Russia

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33 Kyrgyz citizens deported from Russia within 6 months in 2012

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8 Kyrgyz citizens caught in labor slavery in Kazakhstan return from Almaty

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2452 new jobs created in Batken oblast in the first half of 2012

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More than 12.5% of residents of Batken oblast left to work abroad

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Daughter of immigrants from Kyrgyzstan receives Art-Smart award at the “Young Artists 2012” contest in Philadelphia (USA)

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Kyrgyz Club to organize Independence Day of Kyrgyzstan in New York

In Russian: or here.

 

Tajikistan

 

Coordination Committee on Migration to be established in Dushanbe

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Tajikistan to decide on fate of former compatriots who do not have citizenship of any CIS country

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President signs decree to increase salaries, pensions and scholarships

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Meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of South Korea

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Establishing and developing relations

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About half a billion dollars of remittance sent to the north of Tajikistan in the first half of the year

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Tajik migrants to have opportunity to learn Korean

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About 20 thousand women leave Soghd for labor migration

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More Tajik migrants legalized in Russia

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Uzbekistan

 

Uzbekistan restricts entry for foreigners who previously violated laws

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Migrants from Uzbekistan to be imprisoned for two years for trespassing

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New opportunities and benefits for small businesses and private entrepreneurship

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Russia

 

Moscow to cut quota for migrant workers in half in 2013

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New Department fighting illegal migration to start its work in Moscow

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Database on migrants’ state of health to be created in Moscow

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“Rossiyskaya Gazeta” to publish handbook for migrants

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Russia expects culturally educated and qualified foreigners

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Ombudsman Office on national issues to be established in the RF

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Quota for labor migrants is ineffective in its current state

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Air agency cashier sells fake tickets to Gastarbeiter

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Presentation of consolidated immigration center in St. Petersburg held for representatives of the International Organization of Migration

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Migration Service in St. Petersburg and Leningrad oblast: Labor migrants must obtain medical insurance

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Migration Service: 2800 foreigners denied entry to Russia in St. Petersburg in the last six months

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Foreigners paid more than 25 million rubles of fines in Sakhalin in the last 7 months

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About 250 illegal migrants expelled from Russia

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Governor of St. Petersburg advised to deport migrants under the “Tolerance” program

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Multilateral

 

Tajikistan and Belarus intend to sign agreement on migration

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Compatriots Fund open to anyone who is in need of help

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Former Soviet citizens can again count on facilitated procedure of obtaining Russian passports

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International News

 

U.S. government launches new migration program for undocumented persons

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Simplification of visa regime between Russia and the U.S.

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Analytics

 

Visitors are warmly welcome, but expected to follow rules

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Russia has already made plans for migrants

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Language knowledge will get you a job

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A. Tkachev to Kuban on migration: Our Monastery - our rules

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Russia fails to create a civilized labor market in the field of labor migration

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Kyrgyzstan to create centers for testing of migrant workers

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“The desire for the Russian language is fabulous”

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Russia turns to maternity clinic for Gastarbeiter

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Companies to be checked for illegal migrants due to unrest in Pobeda village of Leningrad oblast

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Russia to put up with immigration when it renounces Orthodoxy

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City authorities to send migrants home for health treatment

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Fees for receipts/information

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On proposal of K. Sharipova introducing visa regime between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation

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What is happening to my nation? It is dying before my eyes

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Gastarbeiter in organized employment

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Publications

 

Labor Migration and Human Development - 2011 Annual Report

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Statistics of migration policy in the RF

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Environmental degradation, migration, internal displacement, and rural vulnerabilities in Tajikistan

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The influence of working time arrangements on work-life integration or ‘balance’: a review of the international evidence, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 32

In English: or here.

 

Case studies of policy coherence initiatives in developing Asia

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Announcements

 

Call for participation in 2012 WAGDS and the 5th ChangPoGo International Conference. Topic: Sea Merchants of East Asia and the Global Diaspora Maritime Migratory Route

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Call for participation in international conference on “Dynamics of marriage/divorce-related migration in Asia”

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