News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 1 (2017)

NSDP urged to cancel the amendments to migration legislation

In Russian: http://rus.azattyq.org/a/28225098.html.

More than 2,400 people received temporary registration in Astana for the weekend

In Russian: https://vlast.kz/novosti/21188-bolee-2400-celovek-polucili-v-astane-vremennuu-registraciu-za-vyhodnye.html.

Provision of medical care to foreigners explained to the city health department in Astana

In Russian: http://www.inform.kz/ru/okazanie-medpomoschi-inostrancam-raz-yasnili-v-gorzdrave-astany_a2990113.

Migrant workers paid 151 million tenge for taxes to the budget of Kyzylorda

In Russian: http://www.inform.kz/ru/trudovye-migranty-zaplatili-151-mln-tenge-nalogov-v-byudzhet-kyzylordy_a2990088.

On the current workload of PSCs in Almaty and Astana can now be found online

In Russian: https://vlast.kz/novosti/21338-o-tekusej-zagruzennosti-conov-v-almaty-i-astane-teper-mozno-uznat-cerez-internet.html.

Head of Social Fund: "Issue of pensions payment to migrants to be resolved soon"

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/glava-sotcfonda-vopros-vyplaty-pensii-migrantam-budet-skoro-reshen/.

Health Ministry official blamed migrants from Kyrgyzstan in the spread of AIDS

In Russian: here.

Families of migrants from the Kyrgyz Republic may be left without health insurance in Russia

In Russian: here.

Kyrgyz citizens can go to work in South Korea again

In Russian: here. 

KR Embassy in Russia warns migrants on the frequent facts of documents forgery

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28232869.html.

Foreigners in Kyrgyzstan can receive a temporary registration online

In Russian: here.

Inflow of remittances increased by 1.4 times in November

In Russian: https://www.akchabar.kg/news/pritok-denezhnyh-perevodov-v-noyabre-vyros-v-15-raza/.

Chairman of the State Migration Service discussed prospects for further cooperation with UNDP expert

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/predsedatel-gossluzhby-migratcii-obsudil-s-ekspertom-proon-perspektivy-dal-neishego-sotrudnichestva/.

In the Kyrgyz Republic complain on the lack of unified list of documents required for foreigners

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/v-kr-zhaluiutsia-na-otsutstvie-edinogo-perechnia-dokumentov-neobkhodimykh-dlia-inostrantcev/.

Kyrgyz woman fighting for the right to decide the fate of migrants in Germany

In Russian: here.

Khujand authorities note decrease in traveling to labor migration

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2017/01/10/vlasti-hudzhanda-otmechayut-snizhenie-kolichestva-vyezzhayushhih-v-trudovuyu-migratsiyu/.

Labor migration negatively affected the situation of children in Tajikistan

In Russian: http://rus.ozodi.org/a/28249620.html.

Last year, 11 thousand foreigners officially worked in Tajikistan

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20170119/v-proshlom-godu-v-tadzhikistane-ofitsialno-rabotali-11-tisyach-inostrantsev.

Ministry of Labor: in 2016 half a million people left to labor migration

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20170119/mintruda-o-migrantah-menshe-uezzhayut-bolshe-vozvratshayutsya.

Jobs search national portal created  in Uzbekistan

In Russian: http://www.easttime.ru/news/uzbekistan/v-uzbekistane-sozdali-natsionalnyi-portal-poiska-rabochikh-mest/12623.

Last year more than 168,000 people left Uzbekistan

In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/v-proshlom-godu-iz-uzbekistana-vyekhalo-svyshe-168-tysyach-chelovek/.

Uzbekistan plans to abolish exit visas and introduce external passports

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/polit/2229214.html.

Unemployment and migration in Uzbekistan in 2016

In Russian: http://www.easttime.ru/news/uzbekistan/bezrabotitsa-i-migratsiya-v-uzbekistane-v-2016-godu/12656.

In Moscow started to provide certificate on Russian language for registration of temporary and permanent residence in Russia

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/23627-v-moskve-nachata-vydacha-sertifikatov-po-russkomu-jazyku-dlja-oformlenija-vremennogo-i-postojannogo-prozhivanija-v-rossi .html.

Migrants hamper the economy, according to the Russian government

In Russian: http://knews.kg/2017/01/migranty-tormozyat-ekonomiku-schitayut-v-pravitelstve-rossii/.

ILO, Russia renew cooperation on skills and G20 Training Strategy

In English: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_541904/lang--en/index.htm.

Over half a million people visited Moscow migration center in 2016

In Russian: http://mc.mos.ru/presscenter/news/detail/4699172.html

CSTO highlighted threats posed by illegal migration

In Russian: http://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2017-01-18--v-odkb-ukazali-na-ugrozy-svjazannye-s-nelegalnoj-migraciej-27914.

UN agencies, partners launch new plan to address plight of refugees and migrants in Europe

In English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56001#.WI295dKLTIU.

ILO: Global unemployment expected to rise by 3.4 million in 2017

In English: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_541128/lang--en/index.htm.

Migrant crisis: Germany sees massive drop in asylum seekers

In English: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38584705.

Why creating committee of Migration Service?

In Russian: http://rus.azattyq.org/a/azattyqlive-migracia-reorganizacia/28225348.html.

Unemployment in Tajikistan. Europe, Envy?

In Russian: http://rus.ozodi.org/a/28234148.html.

Migration will go to offset

In Russian: https://rg.ru/2017/01/12/trudovye-migranty-iz-kirgizii-poluchat-pensii-za-rabotu-v-rossii.html.

Problems of internal migration regulation in the Kyrgyz Republic

In Russian: http://polit-asia.kz/index.php/analytics/1939.

Country of  illiterate migrants

In Russian: https://svpressa.ru/economy/article/164161/.

Social activists see only one way to change the situation with a temporary registration

In Russian: https://vlast.kz/obsshestvo/21313-obsestvenniki-vidat-tolko-odin-sposob-izmenit-situaciu-s-vremennoj-registraciej-priostanovit-dejstvie-zakona-i-razrabotat-novyj.html.

Almaty - for education, for a career, and get married ...

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28243810.html.

Tajikistan seeks for alternative routes for labor migration

In Russian: http://rus.ozodi.org/a/28244045.html.

Moscow fairytale comics to help migrants 'behave'

In English: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38641117.

What is happening to migrant workers in Kazakhstan

In Russian: https://www.caravan.kz/gazeta/chto-proiskhodit-s-trudovymi-migrantami-v-kazakhstane-388901/.

New Issue of ILO Moscow Newsletter Released

In English: http://www.ilo.org/moscow/news/WCMS_541415/lang--en/index.htm.