News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 135

Mandatory fingerprinting law adopted in Majlis

In Russian: https://kapital.kz/gosudarstvo/55644/zakon-ob-obyazatelnoj-daktiloskopii-prinyali-v-mazhilise.html.

Agreement on pension provision for migrants of EAEU countries to come into force in 2017

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/EAES/full/114494.

Atambaev: Kyrgyz migrants - the most law-abiding and conscientious

In Russian: here.

Sobyanin rebuked Kyrgyz migrants. KR Embassy responded

In Russian: here. 

Kyrgyzstan received 1.3 billion US dollars remittances from abroad since the beginning of the year

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/economics/full/114436.

Due to the lack of knowledge many migrants regulate fertility through abortion - NSC

In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-392543-ru.html.

Round table on "Registration system of internal migrants by place of residence and place of stay"

In Russian: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/3790-29-noyabrya-kruglyj-stol-na-temu-registratsionnaya-sistema-ucheta-vnutrennikh-migrantov-po-mestu-zhitelstva-i-po-mestu-prebyvaniya.

Information booths for migrant workers put in "Manas" airport

In Russian: here.

In Kyrgyzstan 11.7 thousand foreigners received work permit since the beginning of the year

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/114877.

How many Kyrgyz people are leaving by US green card (graphics)

In Russian: http://knews.kg/2016/12/skolko-kyrgyzstantsev-uezzhayut-po-amerikanskoj-grinkarte-grafika/.

Government absolutely not involved in solving the problems of migrant workers

In Russian: http://vesti.kg/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=43695:gosudarstvo-absolyutno-ne-zanimaetsya-problemami-trudovyih-migrantov&Itemid=83. 

Tajikistan asks Russia to simplify testing for their migrants

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/society/2212541.html.

"History of Russia" in summary made for Tajik labor migrants

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20161207/tadzhikskim-trudovim-migrantam-sostavili-istoriyu-rossii-v-kratkom-izlozhenii.

Remittances of migrants do not exceed 5% of Uzbekistan GDP

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/23105-perevody-migrantov-ne-prevyshajut-5-vvp-uzbekistana.html. 

Demand for foreign workers in Russia reduced

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/economy/2211109.html.

78% of Russian citizens want to limit the influx of migrants: survey

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/polit/2211031.html.

Mandatory fingerprinting for foreigners in Russia from 2017

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28159722.html.

Putin instructed to create a government body in Russia responsible for the adaptation of migrants

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/polit/2213807.html.

Russian quotas for foreign workers on visas

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/economy/2213950.html.

Creation of a common labor market - one of the main priorities of the EAEU

In Russian: http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/nae/news/Pages/30-11-2016.aspx.

Where do the world’s talents immigrate to?

In English: https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/Where-do-the-world-talents-immigrate-to.

Russia: fingerprinting will help curb illegal migration?

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28155053.html.

Nazik Beishenaly: "Problems of migration flows regulation in Kyrgyzstan"

In Russian: here.

Does Russian economy need migrants?

In Russian: http://kommersant.ru/doc/3143399.

Moscow: police stepped up checks of Kyrgyz migrants

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28169515.html.

To the south with empty pockets: migrants leave Russia and return home because of the crisis

In Russian: http://www.currenttime.tv/a/28163950.html.

Patients with TB among migrants does not become smaller

In Russian: http://rus.azattyq.org/a/tuberkulez-centralnaya-azia-trudovye-migranty/28163869.html.

"Invisible immigrants": the long road home

In Russian: http://nlkg.kg/ru/society/nevidimye-immigranty-dolgaya-doroga-domoj.

Experts: migrants from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan once again fell in love with Russia

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/23188-eksperty-migranty-iz-tadzhikistana-i-uzbekistana-vnov-poljubili-rossiju.html.

Call for proposals for the media / journalists / bloggers on the rights of migrants in Kazakhstan coverage

In Russian:  here. 

Vacancy: Project Assistant, Bishkek

In English: http://iom.kg/en/?p=1081.