News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 33

Minister of Labor and Social Protection Serik Abdenov meets with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Kazakhstan Pek Chuhen

In Russian: http://www.enbek.gov.kz/node/268463.

5491 people get jobs in 2012 in Astana with the assistance of employment bodies

In Russian: http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2523616.   

Kyrgyzstan to establish a public council to protect migrants' rights

In Russian: http://www.24.kg/community/145198-v-kyrgyzstane-sozdadut-obshhestvennyj-sovet-po.html

Kyrgyz Parliament offers to develop a national policy to support compatriots abroad

In Russian: http://www.24.kg/parlament/145191-v-parlamente-kyrgyzstana-predlagayut-razrabotat.html

Non-governmental funds to help provide pensions to Kyrgyz migrants

In Russian: here.

Embassy: Number of migrants from Kyrgyzstan working in the service sector is growing

In Russian: here. 

Naples Mayor may support creation of a cultural center for migrants from Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-208969-ru.html.

Russian language teachers association promotes assistance to migrants from Kyrgyzstan and other republics

In Russian: here.

Many Kyrgyz do not need language examination in Russia

In Russian: here.

Kyrgyzstan can lose more than half of workers due to migration in the next 3 years - forecast

In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-208678-ru.html.

134 Kyrgyz citizens get permission to work in Russia by successfully passing Russian language test

In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-209032-ru.html.

"Creeping migration" from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to Kyrgyzstan, says T.Akun

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/47245.  

Putin is offered to agree on Tajikistan citizens stay in Russia

In Russian: http://www.avesta.tj/goverment/16134-putinu-predlozhili-podpisat-soglashenie-o-prebyvanii-grazhdan-tadzhikistana-v-rossii.html. 

Migration Service of Tajikistan presents annual report for 2012

In Russian: here.

More than 132 thousand new jobs created  in 2012 in Tajikistan

In Russian: here.

950 persons reportedly placed in jobs trough job fairs last year

In English: http://www.news.tj/en/news/950-persons-reportedly-placed-jobs-trough-job-fairs-last-year.

Migration Service of Tajikistan helps labor migrants get their salary again

In Russian: here. 

Uzbekistan tightens penalty for illegal migration

In Russian: http://www.baltinfo.ru/2013/01/07/Nakazanie-za-nezakonnuyu-migratciyu-uzhestochili-v-Uzbekistane-328498

Unemployed in Tashkent to get retrained for free

In Russian: http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=375277.

Migrants from Uzbekistan get first place in Russia, ahead of Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://www.profi-forex.org/novosti-rossii/entry1008148789.html.

Uzbeks are not afraid of Siberian winters

In Russian: http://www.vesti.uz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34544.  

RF increases criminal penalties for organizing illegal migration

In Russian: here.

Putin takes care of the legal status of migrant workers in Russia

In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2013/01/03/1078473.html.

FMS Ex-deputy head: registration of migrants in the country is must (video)

In Russian: http://www.migrant.ru/news.php?id=1663.

Memo for migrant workers to build in Yekaterinburg

In Russian: http://www.regnum.ru/news/economy/1610576.html.

First newspaper for migrant workers released in Ryazan

In Russian: http://www.mr7.ru/articles/65008/.   

CIS citizens flood in Finland

In Russian: http://www.nord-news.ru/news/2013/01/10/?newsid=42304.  

Euro zone set a new record in unemployment

In Russian: http://kazpravda.kz/c/1357701399.

Migrants reach record number in Sweden

In Russian: http://www.baltinfo.ru/2013/01/04/V-Shvetcii-otmechaetsya-rekordnyi-rost-chislennosti-migrantov-328070.

Labor exploitation, main reason for human trafficking, says IOM report

In English: http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/news-and-views/press-briefing-notes/pbn-2012/pbn-listing/labour-exploitation-main-reason.html.

Stories of Return Website Launched

In English: http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/news-and-views/press-briefing-notes/pbn-2013/pbn-listing/stories-of-return-website-launch.html.  

Five problems of Kyrgyz-Kazakh relations

In Russian: http://www.gezitter.org/politic/17084_pyat_problem_kyirgyizsko-kazahskih_otnosheniy/.

Scale of labor migration

In Russian: http://caucasia.at.ua/news/chto_dalshe/2013-01-02-1487.

Russia does not need  millions of migrants

In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news2.php?st=1357659540.

Have you celebrated the New Year with migrants?

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/content/kyrgyzstan_russia/24815316.html.

Violence increases

In Russian: http://caucasia.at.ua/news/chuzhoj_sredi_svoikh/2013-01-02-1488.

New registration rules can solve the problem of "rubber houses"

In Russian:

http://www.kginfo.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7100&Itemid=74.

Does the current generation of migrants have a future?

In Russian: http://www.kginfo.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7083&Itemid=33.

Penalties toughened for illegal migrants

In Russian: http://www.kginfo.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7109&Itemid=47.  

Documentary film “Moscow through tears”

English subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_t3gTt4vAQ&list=UUs_xNajKMU60fbeIhcxStoA&feature=plcp

Research Workshop Report: Protecting Rights of Kyrgyz Labor Migrants: Identifying Key Challenges

In English: here.

Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection

In English:  http://www.ilo.org/travail/Whatsnew/WCMS_173363/lang--en/index.htm.

New issue of “Your right. Migration”, № 1, January 2013

In Russian: here.

International Migration, Vol. 50(Supplement s1) 2012

In English: http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=903.  

of Experts on Forced Labor and Trafficking for Labor Exploitation

In English: http://www.ilo.org/global/meetings-and-events/WCMS_201042/lang--en/index.htm.