News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 25 (2018)

Ministry of Economy developed a program "Mekenim" to support migrants

In Russian: here.

Kyrgyz State Migration Service plans to increase quota for foreign workers

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/gossluzhba-migratcii-kr-planiruet-povysit-kvotu-dlia-inostrannykh-rabochikh.

Kyrgyzstan held discussion about pension of migrant workers

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/v-kyrgyzstane-sostoialas-diskussiia-o-pensii-trudovykh-migrantov.

Experts identify main causes of internal migration in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: here.

Kyrgyz MP proposed to set patents for Uzbek migrants

In Russian: https://rus.ozodlik.org/a/29627962.htm.

$ 1.9 billion remitted to Kyrgyzstan from abroad for over nine months

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/za-deviat-mesiatcev-v-kyrgyzstan-iz-za-rubezha-pereveli-bolee-1-9-mlrd.

Number of foreigners in Kyrgyz Republic arrived to work for a year increased by 100 thousand and make up 380 thousand

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/chislo-priekhavshikh-v-kyrgyzstan-na-zarabotki-inostrantcev-za-god-vyroslo-na-100-tys-i-sostavliaet-380-tys.

750 thousand Kyrgyzstanis are in labor migration abroad, 80% of them are in Russia

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/750-tys-kyrgyzstantcev-nakhodiatsia-v-trudovoi-migratcii-za-rubezhom-80-iz-nikh-v-rossii.

Residents of Batken most often leave for work abroad

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/zhiteli-batkena-bol-she-vsego-uezzhaiut-na-zarabotki-za-granitcu.

Company in Bishkek sent migrants to Russia to work without permission

In Russian: here.

Tajikistan to host a film festival on migration

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2018/12/07/v-tadzhikistane-projdet-festival-filmov-o-migratsii. 

Uzbekistan became a member of the IOM

In Russian: https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2018/11/27/iom.

Management of Labor Migration Agency detained

In Russian: https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2018/11/28/migration.

EEC supports efforts of international organizations in streamlining migration processes.

In Russian: http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/nae/news/Pages/03_12_18_1.asp.

Labor migration within the EAEU to be easier for doctors and teachers

In Russian: https://migrant.news.tj/post/543.

ILO to launch new global estimates on international migrant workers

In English: https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_651364/lang--en/index.htm.

UNICEF calls for guardianship for children of migrants

In English: https://www.unicef.org/kyrgyzstan/press-releases/unicef-calls-guardianship-children-migrant.

New ILO figures show 164 million people are migrant workers

In English: https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_652106/lang--en/index.htm.

How does labor migration work in Kazakhstan

In Russian: https://vlast.kz/obsshestvo/30633-kak-rabotaet-trudovaa-migracia-v-kazahstane.htm.

Can you find happiness over the hill and ... do not die?

In Russian: here.

"New policy of Russian Federation may provoke a second wave of migration"

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/kyrgyzstan-beshimov-interview/29603654.htm.

How migration to cities will enrich Uzbekistan

In Russian: https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2018/11/29/urbanization.

Kyrgyz citizens tell the whole truth about Russia

In Russian: here.

How financial pyramids ruin Kyrgyzstanis across the country

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/kyrgyzstan_scammers_marketing/29634245.htm.

Female face of migration. 45% of migrants from Kyrgyzstan are women

In Russian: http://www.ktrk.kg/post/26176/r.

What can Kazakhstan oppose to migration processes?

In English: https://365info.kz/2018/12/chto-kazahstan-mozhet-protivopostavit-migratsionnym-protsessam.

One third of Russian citizens believe that migrants occupy their jobs

In English: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2018-12-06--tret-zhitelej-rossii-schitajut-chto-migranty-zanimajut-ih-rabochie-mesta-3995.

Points for migrants

In English: https://rg.ru/2018/12/06/kirgiziia-prizyvaet-uskorit-podpisanie-soglasheniia-po-pensiiam-v-eaes.htm. 

New issue № 88 of “Voice of Tajikistan” - “Ovoz Tochikistonho”

In Russian: http://tajmigrant.com/vyshel-v-svet-88-gazety-golos-tadzhikistancev-ovozi-tochikistonixo.htm.

International Labor Migration: ILO Global Estimates [Summary]

In Russian: https://www.ilo.org/moscow/information-resources/publications/WCMS_652419/lang--ru/index.htm.