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News Digest on Migration in Central Asia NO 30

 

 Date: October 1 – 31, 2012

Kazakhstan

 

Kazakhstan and the International Organization for Migration signed a memorandum on cooperation in the field of combating human trafficking

In Russian: .

 

Labor Ministry of RK:  Kazakhstan's legislation in line with the ILO Convention No156

In Russian: .

 

UN: Situation with slavery in Kazakhstan is insufficiently studied

In Russian: .

 

8000 new jobs to be created under the "Business Road Map-2020" in 2012

In Russian: .

 

Over 70,000 people get employed under the program "Employment-2020" in 2012 - Ministry of Economic Development of the RK

In Russian: .

 

Minister of Labor and Social Protection visits Petropavlovsk Employment Center

In Russian: .

 

Number of migrants coming to Kazakhstan significantly decreased - Statistics Agency

In Russian: .

 

Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan estimated at 5.3%

In Russian: or here.

 

Five million of Kazakhstanis live abroad

In Russian: .

 

Colonel of Migration Police sentenced in Shymkent

In Russian:  or here.

 

Labor migration issues discussed in Almaty 

In Russian: .

 

"Employment 2020" Program’s implementation issues discussed in Almaty

In Russian: .

 

General Prosecutor’s office of Kazakhstan proposes to tighten penalties for violations in employment of foreigners

In Russian: .

 

Minister of Labor and Social Protection visits Petropavlovsk Employment Center

In Russian: .

 

Employment program - in action

In Russian: .

 

To cross the border competently and safely

In Russian: .

 

Southern Kazakhstan to train thousands of unemployed in doing business

In Russian: .

 

Kazakhstan to restrict the rights of labor migrants 

Russian: here.

 

IOM provides access to Internet to migrants from Kyrgyzstan in Aktobe

In Russian: .

  

 

Kyrgyzstan

 

CIS migration issues to be discussed in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian:  .

  

Social Fund, with the support of the Kyrgyz Embassy in Russia plans to cover social security of migrant workers

In Russian: .

 

Commission rejects 12 candidates for positions in International Migration Department at the MFA

In Russian: .

 

Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan with head of the FMS of Russia discusses issues of migrant workers

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyzstan and Russia agree on humane return of illegal migrants

In Russian: .

 

Expert: Entry of Kyrgyzstan into Customs Union does not affect on labor migration

In Russian: .

 

Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan asks Russia to speed FMS on receiving legal permits for Kyrgyz citizens in Russia

In Russian: .

 

3 years of deny for entry to Russia for Kyrgyz illegal migrants

In Russian: .

 

Public organizations of Kyrgyz people in Moscow discuss the issues of insurance

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyz Diaspora in Russia condemns the actions of the rally organizers on October 3 at the square in Bishkek

In Russian: or here.

 

Growing number of Talas oblast residents get in labor slavery in Kazakhstan

In Russian:

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Kyrgyz films screened in Moscow

In Russian: .

 

Russia and Kyrgyzstan approach civilized migration

In Russian: .

 

Board of the KR MFA recommends the country's leadership to create a separate state agency in the field of migration policy

In Russian: .

 

JK Speaker A.Jeenbekov discusses strengthening cooperation in the field of migration with Russia’s FMS head

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyz citizens living abroad are allowed to have jobs in Kyrgyz Government

In Russian: .

 

GIZ to present program findings on “Professional Training and Employment Promotion”

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyz citizens traveling abroad can now register at the Kyrgyz diplomatic mission within 15 days

In Russian: or here.

 

Discussion of migrants' access to existing services in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: .

 

We are ready to admit labor resources from KR, but migrants have to understand they are going to work on new terms, - the representative of St. Petersburg Government

In Russian:  or here.

 

Representatives of Kyrgyz Diaspora in Italy ask MFA to open a consulate in Rome

In Russian:  

 

"Ak-Nur" in China to be part of Kyrgyz Club

In Russian: .

 

40 foreigners receive citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic by Decree of the President of KR

In Russian: .

 

Research Center "Sreda": 42 % of Kyrgyz citizens would like to stay in Russia

In Russian:

 

Only one third of Kyrgyz citizens moved to Russia, receive official permission to work in 2011

In Russian: .

 

80% have the status of illegal migrants out of Kyrgyz citizens in Russia - a representative of Kyrgyz Diasporas Association U.Zhamgyrchiev

In Russian: .

 

Chinese entrepreneurs face security challenges in Kyrgyzstan

In English: .

 

Kyrgyz citizens abroad continue to unite: new Kyrgyz Club-Qatar established

In Russian: .

 

Corruption in the country concerns Kyrgyz Diaspora in Moscow

In Russian: .

 

Moscow hosts the premiere of the film on Kyrgyz modern life

In Russian: .

 

Number of Kyrgyz citizens in Russian prisons links to increased migration

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyzstan may repatriate 27 migrants’ children from the Russian orphanages

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyz citizens to travel to Russia on international passports

In Russian: .

  

United Nations Population Fund: There is a need to focus on employment of young people

In Russian: .

 

Bishkek to create a center of labor reserves for Russia

In Russian: .

 

Protest against "Handbook  for labor migrant" held in Bishkek

In Russian: .

 

St. Petersburg is ready to open a center for training of skilled workers in Bishkek

In Russian: .

 

Civil society activist: Illegal migrants to make Kyrgyzstan a Chinese province

In Russian: .

 

RIA "News" launches a web portal "Russia for All", which has Kyrgyz language page

In Russian: .

 

More than 200 thousand registered unemployed in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: .

 

37 natives of citizens from Issyk-Kul in labor slavery

In Russian: .

 

Meeting of Kyrgyz people in Germany «Kirgisisches Ortoberfest» in Frankfurt am Main

In Russian: .

 

Ombudsman’s representative to discuss legal protection of Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia at a conference in Dushanbe

In Russian: .

 

Jokorku Kenesh asks Majilis deputies to accelerate the adoption of the agreement on migrant entrepreneurship

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyz migrants to study popular professions in Russia’s colleges

In Russian: .

 

Ministry of Youth submits to discussion "The policy to promote employment in Kyrgyz Republic for the period of 2013-2020 years" program

In Russian: .

 

Government signs master agreement with Federation of Trade Unions and employers for 2013-2015

In Russian: .

 

Ministry of Foreign Affair recommends appointing 10 people to vacant positions in the Department of External Migration

In Russian: .

 

Red Crescent Society to help migrants from Kyrgyzstan in search for their  relatives

In Russian: .

 

Yekaterinburg discusses cultural development of Kyrgyz youth living in Russia

In Russian: .

 

Unemployment in Kyrgyzstan increases in labor market in recent years – Ministry of Youth

In Russian: .

 

Nearly 2,000 unemployed receive microcreadits for over 33 million som in 2011

In Russian: .

 

Every forth family gets remittances from labor migrants in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: .

 

More than 32 thousand jobs eliminated in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: .

 

KR Embassy helps Kyrgyz citizens working in Russia to get paid

In Russian: .

 

Moscow hosts Kyrgyz film festival

In Russian: .

 

 

 Tajikistan

 

Tajik migrants allowed to work in Russia for three years

In Russian: .

 

More than half of Tajik labor migrants do not want to return home from Russia

In Russian: .

 

15 days of registration free regime in RF to start for the  citizens of Tajikistan in 2013

In Russian: .

 

Roundtable on Cooperation for Improving Access to Migrant Friendly Services held in Qurghonteppa

In English: .

 

Rebuilding Lives: IOM and USAID support reintegration of victims of trafficking

In English: .

 

Job fair takes place in Dushanbe

In Russian:

 

93% of “Russian Tajikistanis” satisfied with the results of Putin’s visit to Tajikistan

In Russian: .

 

Clergy of Tajikistan  to meet with Tajik labor migrants in Russia

In Russian: .

 

Tajik migrants in Russia get more than RR 7 million of wage arrears through court action

In Russian: .

 

Head of MFA RT meets with representatives of international organizations

In Russian: .

 

Possibilities of providing assistance to migrants discussed in Moscow

In Russian: .

 

Ulem Council of Tajikistan to visit migrants

In Russian: .

 

Moscow employers to be imposed to pay for health treatment of migrant workers

In Russian: .

 

Can one get a job at a job fair?

In Russian: .

 

Tajik Youth Theatre prepares premiere of "The Gift of migration"

In Russian: .

 

Tajik Diaspora describe their view on  "ghetto" for migrants

In Russian: .

 

An elderly Tajik migrant worker in Russia could not find the means to return home

In Russian: .

 

Embassy of the RT in the RF requested to take measures against publishers of “Labor Migrants Manual”

In Russian: .

 

Launching of labor exchange center

In Russian: .

 

Tajiks are likely to travel to Russia with international passport

In Russian: .

 

Youth wing of TPDP demand liquidation “Labor Migrants Manual”

In Russian: .

 

“Tochikhorichakor” offers women of Kulyab jobs in the Russian city of Tver
In Russian: .

 

Russia has offered to tighten the rules of entry for citizens of Tajikistan

In Russian: .

 

Tajik labor migrants in Russia: economic analysis

In Russian: .

 

Meeting with Tajik migrants in Sochi at Olympic facilities

In Russian: .

 

A.Erboboev: Ombudsmen should seriously consider problems of labor migrants

In Russian: .

 

A.Zuev: Migrants need Ombudsmen’s support

In Russian: .

 

Help to migrants from Tajikistan get wage debts

In Russian: .

 

St Petersburg Prosecutor's Office looking for a cleaning company which did not pay salaries to migrant janitors

In Russian: .

  

 

Uzbekistan  

 

Migrants from Uzbekistan are leading among the illegal migrants

In Russian: .

 

Young entrepreneurs - support of the country

In Russian: .

 

New jobs

In Russian: .

 

Uzbekistan takes control on remittances

In Russian: or here.

 

Uzbekistan to issue visas to foreigners online

In Russian: or here.

 

New contracted out piece-works

In Russian: .

 

More than 500,000 jobs created in six months in Uzbekistan

In Russian: .

 

Government of Uzbekistan to create new 973,000 work places in 2013

In Russian: .

 

New opportunities and benefits

In Russian: .

 

Russia

 

Russia to strengthen criminal penalties for violation of migration laws

In Russian: .

 

MPs to limit the entry of migrants to Russia

In Russian: .

 

Work patent

In Russian: .

 

Standard for migrants

In Russian: .

 

Single demographic register and biometric documents to eliminate consequences of illegal migration

In Russian: .

 

Head of the Migration Service in St. Petersburg: People lose business and solve problems at any cost

In Russian: .

 

Reception on social issues in the field of migration opens in Primorye

In Russian: .

 

Migrants-janitors stop strike in St. Petersburg

In Russian: .

 

"Stop" to minibuses

In Russian: .

 

Public Chamber of RF to hold hearings on migration policy

In Russian: .

 

Russia to establish centers for CIS migrants’ adaptation

In Russian: .

 

Medvedev: Migrants need to take those jobs that are not claimed by the Russians

In Russian: .

 

"Vedomosti": Gastarbeiters to be allowed to legally work in shops next year

In Russian: .

 

Moscow employers to be obliged to buy health insurance to migrants

In Russian: .

 

Moscow authorities reduce quota for Chinese workers

In Russian: .

 

Sobyanin: Guests must follow Moscow rules

In Russian: .

 

FMS estimates number of illegal migrants in Russian Federation from 3 to 5 million

In Russian: .

 

4 million unemployed in September in Russia

In Russian: .

 

Principle Mufti of Moscow appeals to build more mosques for migrants

In Russian: .

 

State Duma obliges workers to give Russian language examination

In Russian: .

 

Russia obliges migrants to give Russian history examination

In Russian:

 

MSU’s Journalism students to study migration issues as a special course

In Russian: .

 

Authors of the Manual for migrants say that it is based on fairy tales

In Russian: .

 

Mikhail Prokhorov: Russia will not survive without migrants

In Russian: .

 

Rogozin: Russia should not be transit country for migrants

In Russian: .

 

“School for Migrants” opens in Vologda

In Russian:

 

  

Multilateral

 

Participants of EDB conference on Eurasian integration issues discuss issues of labor migration

In Russian:

 

CIS migration service agency heads gather in Bishkek to discuss illegal migration problems

In Russian: .

 

"Environment" presents portrait of Central Asia citizens came to Russia to work

In Russian: .

 

Most migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are not satisfied with the working and living conditions in Russia

In Russian: .

 

St. Petersburg to help migrants’ children with admission to schools

In Russian:.

 

Personal transfers from Russia to Kyrgyzstan make $400 mln, to Uzbekistan - $1.44 bln, to Tajikistan - $753 mln in Q2 2012

In Russian: or here.

 

 

 International News

 

Rising Emigration from Turkmenistan

In English: .

 

Youth labor market still critical in G20 countries

In English: .

 

Number of foreigners in Italy increases by 43,000 for one year

In Russian: .

 

 

Analytics

 

Migrants against FMS Department

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyz migrants resort to tricks to bypass the checkpoint of Kazakhstan

In Russian:

 

Every second Kyrgyz migrant gets citizenship of another country

In Russian: .

 

Young and older workers, two sides of the same coin

In English: .

 

Do the migrants bother you?

In Russian: .

 

Russia still gets the highest migration growth in migration exchange with Uzbekistan

In Russian: .

 

What do the Kyrgyz people in the United Arab Emirates?

In Russian: .

 

Moscow business to pay migrants insurance in the amount of 2.8 billion rubles

In Russian: .

 

Beauty salons to be established for migrants in Russia

In Russian: .

 

Volunteers in St. Petersburg to teach the Russian language for children of migrants

In Russian:  

 

Absurd war with migrants

In Russian: .

 

Migrants’ children "occupy" Russian schools

In Russian: .

 

983,000 foreigners in Russia get work permits by the end of Q2 of 2012

In Russian: .

 

M.M.Sharipov about migration in Russia

In Russian: .

 

Rahmon Ulmasov on labor migration of Tajiks

In Russian:.

 

Bride – for work

In Russian: .

 

Russian language as an economic category

In Russian: .

 

Tajikistan: how to stop sms-divorce?

In Russian: .

 

Migrants in poverty – is a myth

In Russian: .

 

Main accusations against St. Petersburg migrants are 'arrogant' and 'dirty', - sociologist

In Russian: .

 

"The attack was planned’

In Russian: .

 

Migration issues. Will Moscow break into national enclaves?

In Russian: .

 

Migrants are divided into desirable and undesirable

In Russian: .

 

Portrait of a migrant in Russian: age, education, salary. Infographics

In Russian: .

 

About the issues of migrants and migration

In Russian: . 

 

 

Publications

 

New issue of “Your right. Migration”, â„– 19, October 2012

In Russian: .

 

Discussions of high-level evaluations: Strategies and Decent Work Country Programs

In English:.

 

Labor migration

In English: .

 

Migration in modern Russia: status, problems and trends

In Russian: .

 

Journal of International Migration and Integration

In English: .

 

New issue of “Your right. Migration”, â„– 20, October 2012

In Russian: . 

 

Gender Equality and Decent Work: Selected ILO Conventions and Recommendations that promote gender equality as of 2012

In English: .

 

New issue of "Voice of Tajiks", "Ovozi Tochikistoniho" newspaper, â„– 64

In Russian: .

 

 

Announcements

 

Fostering the social and professional reintegration of return labor migrants

In English: .

 

The mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Vacancy: IT Specialist (6 months)

In Russian: .

 

Department of FMS: replacement of passport via Internet

In Russian: .

 

Rabota@Mail.Ru to provide job announcements for migrants on "Russia for All" portal

In Russian: .

 

2nd Intercultural Weeks on Migration in Istanbul – Art of Migration

In English: .

 

 


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