News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 25 (2017)

Training seminar on social mobilization for the communities of internal migrants held in Osh

In Russian: here.

President Sooronbai Jeenbekov turned to Kyrgyzstanis working abroad

In Russian: here.

Issue of protecting migrants rights raised in parliament

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/28935915.html.

International Migrants Day

In Russian: http://www.ktrk.kg/post/18109/en.

Problems and achievements in migration in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2017 discussed in AUCA

In Russian: http://kabar.kg/news/v-autca-obsudili-problemy-i-dostizheniia-v-sfere-migratcii-v-kr-za-2017-god/.

"Call a migrant" action takes place in the south of Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://kabar.kg/news/na-iuge-kyrgyzstana-proidet-aktciia-zvonok-migrantu/.

About 4,000 Kyrgyz citizens in South Korea, according to unofficial data

In Russian: http://www.ktrk.kg/post/18110/en.

Russia may open joint ventures in Tajikistan to reduce number of migrants

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2017/12/13/rossiya-mozhet-otkryt-sovmestnye-predpriyatiya-v-tadzhikistane-chtoby-sokratit-chislo-migrantov/.

"Asia-Plus" launched a special project for migrants

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/society/20171218/aziya-plyus-zapustila-spetsialnii-proekt-dlya-migrantov.

Remittances from Russian Federation to Uzbekistan in 3Q make up $ 780 million

In Russian: http://www.uzdaily.uz/articles-id-35407.htm.

Senate of Uzbekistan welcomes agreement on employment in Russia

In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2017-12-20--senat-uzbekistana-privetstvoval-soglashenie-o-trudoustrojstve-v-rossii-34152.

Law on sociocultural adaptation of migrants may adopt in Russia

In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2017-12-13--v-rossii-mogut-prinjat-zakon-o-sociokulturnoj-adaptacii-migrantov-34021.

Global Migration Film Festival to Conclude with Award Ceremony on International Migrants Day

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/global-migration-film-festival-conclude-award-ceremony-international-migrants-day.

Germany, UN Migration Agency Launch First Global Migration Data Portal

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/germany-un-migration-agency-launch-first-global-migration-data-portal.

Our Right of Passage Should be Safe Migration, Not Leaky Boats

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/our-right-passage-should-be-safe-migration-not-leaky-boats.

In February, UN launches intergovernmental negotiations on the Global Compact on Migration

In Russian: http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/archives/261580/#.Wj__w9Jl_IU.

UN urges international cooperation to make migration safer in a world on the move

In English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58303#.WkACgdJl_IU.

Migrants who want to be heard speak of common values for us

In Russian: here.

IOM, OSCE Discuss Perceptions and Realities of Migration on International Migrants Day

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/iom-osce-discuss-perceptions-and-realities-migration-international-migrants-day.

UN Migration Agency Supports Organization of American States’ Media Campaign, Migrants Count

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/un-migration-agency-supports-organization-american-states-media-campaign-migrants-count.

IOM’s Non-profit in the United States Relaunches as ‘USA for IOM’

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/ioms-non-profit-united-states-relaunches-usa-iom.

"Stay here for now." Why migrants leave children in shelters

In Russian: https://eng.azattyk.org/a/28919566.html.

Are migrants ready to act as investors?

In Russian: here.

Labor migration: where and why are they traveling?

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/iatc-kabar-trudovaia-migratciia-kuda-i-zachem-edut/.

Whom is easier to work in Russia? Migration from Central Asia

In Russian: http://kabar.kg/news/komu-na-rusi-rabotat-proshche-migratciia-iz-tcentral-noi-azii/.

IOM Launches MigApp on International Migrants Day

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/iom-launches-migapp-international-migrants-day.