News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 22 (2018)

Foreign Ministry urged Kazakhstanis staying illegally in South Korea to take advantage of "green corridor"

In English: https://vlast.kz/novosti/29973-mid-prizval-nelegalno-nahodasihsa-v-uznoj-koree-kazahstancev-vospolzovatsa-zelenym-koridorom.htm.

MFA controls situation between workers from Kyrgyz Republic and employer in Turkey

In Russian: here.

Kyrgyzstanis working in Russia and Kazakhstan intend to create own trade union

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/rabotaiushchie-v-rossii-i-kazakhstane-kyrgyzstantcy-namereny-sozdat-svoi-profsoiuz.

Decision to introduce a migration amnesty for citizens of Kyrgyzstan accepted

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/okolo-200-tys-migrantov-iz-kyrgyzstana-v-rossii-nakhodiatsia-v-zone-riska.

Number of legal migrants increased after Kyrgyzstan joined EAEU

In Russian: here.

Gulzat Mamytbek urged migrants stop working as janitors and dishwashers

In Russian: here.

How to make money abroad and not become a victim of fraudsters

In Russian: here.

Delegation of Tajikistan left to Moscow for a forum

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/politics/20181024/glavnii-vopros-trudovie-migranti-delegatsiya-tadzhikistana-poehala-v-moskvu-na-foru.

Money of migrants want to attract to the development of economy in Tajikistan,

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/economic/20181018/v-tadzhikistane-zadumalis-nad-privlecheniem-sredstv-migrantov-v-razvitie-ekonomik.

Labor migrants outflow decreased by 8%, - Ministry of Labor of Tajikistan

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2018/10/19/ottok-trudovyh-migrantov-za-rubezh-sokratilsya-na-8-mintruda-tadzhikistana.

IOM Joins UNCTAD and UNHCR to Publish Entrepreneurship Policy Guide for Migrants and Refugees

In English: http://iom.int/news/iom-joins-unctad-and-unhcr-publish-entrepreneurship-policy-guide-migrants-and-refugee.

Policies should not stem migration, but maximize its potential and minimize negatives

In English: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1157141/icode/.

Sergey Abashin: Migrants are people with a mobile view on future...

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/kyrgyzstan-abashin-interview/29568487.htm.

Kyrgyz minors drop out of their studies to earn money in Russia

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/russia-kyrgyzstan-migrant/29555285.htm.

Tajikistan is awaiting investment from migrant workers

In Russian: https://rus.ozodi.org/a/29548010.htm.

Who will provide a Tajik labor migrant with a pension?

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20181026/kto-obespechit-tadzhikskogo-trudovogo-migranta-pensie.

Scientists told how migrants influence culture in the country

In English: https://www.mk.ru/science/2018/10/17/uchyonye-rasskazali-kak-migranty-vliyayut-na-kulturu-v-strane.htm.

Kazakhstan laborers head to South Korea for a better life

In English: https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-laborers-head-to-south-korea-for-a-better-lif.

Informational poster with temporary registration processing scheme at the place of actual residence for internal migrants

In English: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/7014-spravochnaya-222-informatsiya-informatsionnyj-plakat-so-skhemoj-poryadka-oformleniya-vremenno-registratsii-po-mestu-fakticheskogo-prozhivaniya-dda -migrantov-3.

Migration Film Festival Invites to Participate

In Russian: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/7001-festival-filmov-na-temu-migratsii-priglashaet-k-uchastiyu.

IOM Launches Virtual Reality Film Competition ‘Through the Eyes of a Migrant’

In English: http://iom.int/news/iom-launches-virtual-reality-film-competition-through-eyes-migran.