News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 15 (2018)
Date: July 9 - 22
Kazakhstan
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 It is necessary to create development centers for internal migrants - an expert In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/en/nuzhno-sozdavat-centry-razvitiya-dlya-vnutrennih-migrantov-ekspert_a332242. 
 How to apply for a work permit for labor migrants in Kazakhstan In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/en/kak-oformit-razreshenie-na-rabotu-trudovym-migrantam-v-rk_a331500. 
 10 thousand tenge per month offer to collect from migrant workers In Russian: https://tengrinews.kz/money/nalog-10-tyisyach-tenge-mesyats-predlagayut-sobirat-349026. 
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Kyrgyzstan
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 Kyrgyzstan is the last EAEC country where growth of migration continues In Russian: here. 
 Parliament to discuss the insurance and pension fund of labor migrants In Russian: here. 
 Sooronbai Jeenbekov met with compatriots working abroad In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/sooronbai-zheenbekov-vstretilsia-s-sootechestvennikami-rabotaiushchimi-za-rubezhom. 
 Almost half of Kyrgyzstan's residents depend on labor migrants In Russian: here. 
 Work migration. Main problem is the absence of employment agreements In Russian: here. 
 Lessons on migration propose to introduce in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: here. 
 Labor migration causes divorce and cruel treatment to children In Russian: here. 
 For five months, migrants transferred $ 972.3 million to Kyrgyzstan In Russian: here. 
 Mythical investors from abroad or labor migrants with real resources In Russian: here. 
 MFA of the Kyrgyz Republic calls on citizens to be vigilant in employment in Europe 
 It became "fashionable" among migrants to issue a power of attorney for children and leave them to their relatives In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/sredi-migrantov-stalo-modnym-oformliat-doverennost-na-detei-i-ostavliat-rodnym. 
 Measles to Kyrgyzstan brought by unvaccinated migrants from Russia In Russian: here. 
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Tajikistan
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 Tajikistan became main migration donor of Russia In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2018-07-13--tadzhikistan-stal-glavnym-migracionnym-donorom-rossii-3748. 
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Uzbekistan
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 Foreign countries will help us: Uzbekistan and EU launch a project to protect children affected by migration In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/zagranitsa-nam-pomozhet-uz. 
 Experts calculated remittances from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/eksperty-podschitali-skolko-deneg-pere. 
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Russia
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 Joint work on informing labor migrants in Uzbekistan continues In Russian: https://mc.mos.ru/about/piece-of-news/26. 
 Flow of low-skilled workers from the CIS does not decrease In English: https://ria.ru/society/20180716/1524691144.htm. 
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International
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 ‘Historic moment’ for people on the move, as UN agrees first-ever Global Compact on migration In English: in the attached file. 
 Safe and orderly migration is ‘in everybody’s interest’, says senior UN official In English: in the attached file. 
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Analytics
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 Labor migrants - investor to the country economy In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/iatc-kabar-trudovye-migranty-investor-v-ekonomiku-strany. 
 Pensions for migrants In Russian: https://rg.ru/2018/07/19/parlament-kirgizii-obsudit-pensionnoe-obespechenie-trudovyh-migrantov.htm. 
 Russia: New migrant registration rules threaten tenuous livelihoods In English: https://eurasianet.org/s/russia-new-migrant-registration-rules-threaten-tenuous-livelihood. 
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Announcements
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 Mini-grants under the IOM project "Capacity strengthening to combat trafficking in human beings and protect vulnerable migrants in response to regional and global challenges" In Russian: http://iom.kg/?p=256. 
 Mobile application for migrants created in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/6458-16-iyulya-v-kyrgyzstane-sozdali-mobilnoe-prilozhenie-dlya-migrantov-. 
 The right to work: The voices of migrants In Russian: http://birduino.kg/en/pressa/737-pravo-na-trud-golosa-migranto. 
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