News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 23 (2019)

Ministry of Labor signed a memorandum on cooperation with International Organization for Migration

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/mintruda-podpisalo-memorandum-o-sotrudnichestve-s-mezhdunarodnoy-organizaciey-po-migracii_a359167.

Majilis approved a bill on migration regulation in the first reading

In Russian: http://www.enbek.gov.kz/ru/node/36526.

Causes and consequences of regional migration are studied by Kazakhstan in the framework of Almaty Process.

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/prichiny-i-posledstviya-regional-noy-migracii-izuchaet-kazahstan-v-ramkah-almatinskogo-processa_a359165.

How many foreigners work in Kazakhstan?

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/skol-ko-inostrancev-rabotaet-v-kazahstane_a359164.

How many ethnic Kazakhs returned to their historical homeland this year?

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/skol-ko-etnicheskih-kazahov-vernulos-na-istoricheskuyu-rodinu-v-etom-godu_a359165.

First regional front office of migration service opened in North-Kazakhstan

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/pervyy-rayonnyy-front-ofis-migracionnoy-sluzhby-otkryli-v-sko_a359472.

Currently, there are no restrictions for Kyrgyz labor migrants in the EAEU countries - Alisherov

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/na-segodnia-nikakikh-ogranichenii-dlia-trudovykh-migrantov-kyrgyzstana-v-stranakh-eaes-net-alisherov.

EDB predicts increased dependence of remittances to Kyrgyzstan on Russia: Already almost 80% of transfers are from Russian Federation

In Russian: https://eabr.org/press/news/eabr-prognoziruet-usilenie-zavisimosti-denezhnykh-perevodov-v-kyrgyzstan-ot-rossii-uzhe-pochti-80-pe

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Country as a training ground for medical migrant workers

In Russian: here.

Remittances to Kyrgyzstan decreased by $ 242.1 million over the year

In Russian: here.

An information campaign on safe labor migration to hold in the regions of Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://birduino.kg/ru/pressa/1074-v-regionakh-kyrgyzstana-projdet-informatsionnaya-kampaniya-po-bezopasnoj-trudovoj-migratsi.

Law on Labor Migration to adopt

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/politic/my-primem-zakon-o-trudovoy-migratsii.

Rosstat finds out where citizens go to work

In Russian: https://rg.ru/2019/12/10/rosstat-uznaet-kuda-grazhdane-ezdiat-na-zarabotki.htm.

Round table on the eve of International Migrant Day

In Russian: https://ria.ru/20191205/1561990862.htm.

Money transfers from Russia abroad decreased

In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2019-12-14--denezhnye-perevody-iz-rossii-za-rubezh-snizilis-4651.

Common CIS labor market creation priorities discussed in Minsk

In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2019-12-12--v-minske-obsudili-prioritety-formirovanija-obschego-rynka-truda-sng-4647.

Collapse of money transfer system takes Tajikistan back to the past

In English: https://eurasianet.org/collapse-of-money-transfer-system-takes-tajikistan-back-to-the-pas.

Children of migrants

In Russian: https://rg.ru/2019/12/12/vyzhutovich-pritok-migrantov-nuzhen-dlia-sohraneniia-chislennosti-naseleniia.htm.