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Email: tspc@auca.kg
Address: 7/6 Aaly Tokombaev Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic 720060
FAQ
Date: September 20 – October 03, 2013
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan to legalize work of labor migrants
In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/inworld/kazakhstan/society/14911486/.
Representatives of the CSTO countries discussed the fight against illegal migration in Astana In Russian: http://www.newskaz.ru/politics/20130920/5570052.html.
Russian and Kazakh diplomats discussed issues of bilateral migration In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/inworld/kazakhstan/politics/14910072/.
More than 8 million foreigners entered over the last 5 years into Kazakhstan for temporary stay- Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan In Russian: http://inform.kz/rus/article/2590936.
Police clean Astana on illegals: 60 foreigners deported In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/inworld/kazakhstan/society/14910605/.
Young people from the south of Kazakhstan are going to work in Russia In Russian: http://news.nur.kz/283475.html.
Youth unemployment rate is 5.9% in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Labor In English: http://www.bnews.kz/en/news/post/161534/.
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Kyrgyzstan
Causes of labor migration discussed on scientific conference in Bishkek
In Russian: http://www.kginform.com/ru/news/20130924/18326.html.
UN Volunteers to tell about contracts and workers remittances In Russian: here.
Pluses and minuses of Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Customs Union and their impact on migration discussed in Bishkek In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/63172.
Kyrgyz diaspora supported the fight against illegal migration in Russia In Russian: here.
Experts: Entering the CU could increase the flow of migrant workers In Russian: here.
Best Practices for the reform of initial vocational education - an important tool in protecting the rights of migrant workers In Russian: http://iom.kg/?p=1067.
Kyrgyzstan plans to open 7 migration offices in Russia In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/inworld/kyrgyzstan/politics/14894401/.
More than 570,000 Kyrgyz migrant workers reside in Russia legally In Russian: http://www.24kg.org/cis/161337-bolee-570-tysyach-kyrgyzstanskix-migrantov.html.
Kyrgyz people in Orenburg would attend Resettlement Centre In Russian: here.
TV studio in Moscow tells about the life of Kyrgyz migrants In Russian: here.
Ministry of Labor proposes to tighten the requirements of entry and obtain a residence permit for foreigners on the territory of Kyrgyzstan In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1865932.
Researchers found out the reasons for the lack of documents of migrants In Russian: here.
Korean Language Center opened in Bishkek for migrant workers In Russian: http://www.kginform.com/ru/news/20130929/18391.html.
Inflow of remittances in Kyrgyzstan in the I half-year increased by 10% YoY to $ 850 million In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1859232.
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in 2013, top the list of countries in terms of remittances as a percentage of GDP - World Bank In Russian: http://www.ca-news.org/news:1082788/ or here.
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Tajikistan
MS specialists would improve the knowledge on migrants’ health
In Russian: here.
Expert: collecting signatures to bypass the migrant does not meet the international obligations of the RT In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/ekspert-sbor-podpisei-v-obkhod-migrantov-ne-sootvetstvuet-mezhdunarodnym-obyazatelstvam-rt.
Migrant from Tajikistan got awarded by a Russian bank for a record remittances
First group of migrants from Tajikistan to Russia receive certificates under new program
About 400 Tajiks received Russian citizenship in Krasnoyarsk in Jan-Aug this year In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/okolo-400-tadzhikistantsev-s-nachala-goda-poluchili-grazhdanstvo-rf-v-krasnoyarskom-krae.
FMS: 1.30 million Tajik nationals stayed in Russia as of August 31, 2013 In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/fms-rf-na-territorii-rossii-na-konets-leta-nakhodilos-1-mln-230-tys-grazhdan-tadzhikistana.
Tajikistan ratifies the agreement on the term of staying in RF without registration In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/politics/14998101/.
Tajik migration service agency rejects Russia’s FMS reports on the number of Tajik migrant workers
Tajik economy remains dependent on remittances - ADB In Russian: http://www.avesta.tj/business/20691-tadzhikskaya-ekonomika-ostaetsya-zavisimoy-ot-denezhnyh-perevodov-abr.html.
EBRD: Tajikistan's foreign trade deficit is almost completely covered by remittances
First press conference of OSCE observers In Russian: http://rus.ozodi.org/content/osce-monitoring-team-arrives-dushanbe-4/25124114.html.
Money transfer system "MOPS" is expanding its presence in Tajikistan In Russian: here.
WB: volume of remittances to Tajikistan in 2013 will exceed $ 4 billion In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/vb-obem-perevodov-v-tadzhikistan-v-2013-godu-prevysit-4-mlrd.
CEC: We cannot reduce the 5% threshold for migrants In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/node/172537.
Staff representative of MS RT in Russia visited the Centre for Social Adaptation of migrant workers in Orenburg
Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Moscow asked the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation to the issue of deportation of Tajik students
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Uzbekistan
To ensure employment
In Russian: http://uza.uz/ru/society/25367/.
Jobs fair held in Namangan In Russian: http://www.uzinform.com/ru/news/20130922/19866.html.
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Russia
FMS reported data on the number of migrants
In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/10/39906/692.py.
Head of the Federal Migration Service: to punish migrants under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for fake documents In Russian: http://ria.ru/society/20130919/964247859.html.
Situation of migrants in St. Petersburg to study for 4 million rubles In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/inregions/st_petersburg/91/society/14880689/.
To issue a brochure for migrant workers in the Kyrgyz language in Moscow In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/33/39914/394.py.
Russia is in the top ten of the main directions of migration in 2013 In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2013/0567/rossia01.php#18.
Russia would attract in 2014, less than 100,000 migrants In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2013/0567/rossia01.php#23.
Head of the Federal Migration Service to speak at the UN Forum on Migration In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2013/09/30/1181814.html.
Putin: Russia to tighten law in the area of migration In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/politics/15038002/.
Russian Statistic: Predict the growth of migration is difficult In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2013/09/27/1180834.html.
State Duma proposes to introduce labor visa for migrants In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/politics/15040880/.
State Duma initiates a draft law on fines for workers for the use of false documents
Speaker of the Parliament of St. Petersburg: " Need to introduce a visa regime for migrants " In Russian: http://www.kp.ru/online/news/1545906/.
Astakhov called on to deal with the problems of migrant children in the Russian Federation In Russian: http://ria.ru/society/20130930/966825670.html.
Another group of migrants began to study Russian language In Russian: http://pressa.ursmu.ru/2040.html.
Russian citizenship costs a hundred thousand rubles In Russian: http://www.rg.ru/2013/09/29/migranti-site.html.
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Multilateral
Over five million migrants from Central Asia in Russia - the Federal Migration Service In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1837592.
ILO to launch the project on partnerships for youth employment in the CIS countries In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/mot-zapuskaet-proekt-partnerstvo-v-sfere-zanyatosti-molodezhi-v-stranakh-sng.
Voronej employers give preference to immigrants from Central Asia In Russian: http://news.tj/ru/news/voronezhskie-rabotodateli-otdayut-predpochtenie-vykhodtsam-iz-srednei-azii.
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International News
Central Asia & Caucasus: Awaiting Word on Future of Green Card Lottery
In English: http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67524.
U.S. and Russia - leaders in the number of migrants In Russian: http://inotv.rt.com/2013-09-29/SSHA-i-Rossiya-stali-liderami.
Representatives of the 150 UN member states discuss the impact of migration on development In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/10/39927/849.py.
Migrants from developing countries to send home $414 billion in earnings in 2013 In English: here.
ILO to present the latest global estimates on child labor In English: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_221434/lang--en/index.htm.
New thinking on labor migration needed In English: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/comment-analysis/WCMS_222792/lang--en/index.htm.
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Analytics
Migration. Tightened control
In Russian: http://kazpravda.kz/?p=7541.
Hazardous settlers in the photo Edward Poletaev In Russian: http://www.liter.kz/articles/view/30798.
Whether the migration amnesty decides issue of migration in Russia? In Russian: http://russiancouncil.ru/blogs/debate/?id_4=704.
Children of illegal immigrants might not be allowed in school In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/10/39915/642.py.
Demographic Forecast: Moscow cannot do without migrants In Russian: http://www.tajmigration.ru/news/demograficheskii-prognoz-moskve-ne-oboitis-bez-migrantov-0.
Migrant detective (article) In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/migrantskii-detektiv-statya.
Alena Doletskaya: Migrants in survival mode In Russian: http://www.snob.ru/selected/entry/65089.
Sochi. Concentration camp in the center of "Olympic city" In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/content/russia_sochi_migrants/25111825.html.
Kazakhstan: officially on migrants In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/content/gastarbaitery-v-kazakhstane/25111829.html.
Tajik migrants in the presidential election: without collecting signatures, but with the right to vote
Russia. Migration as the number one topic In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1859962.
Federal Migration Service of Russia published statistics that for Kazakhstan is clearly drawn to the sensation In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1858802.
A little bit about migration or small projects (bloggers competition) In Russian: here.
Migration threshold In Russian: http://www.globalaffairs.ru/number/Migratcionnyi-porog-16111.
Almaz Bukalaev: We urge Kyrgyz people to follow rules of Russia. Otherwise, a person can become "no entrance". In Russian: here.
Russia. How many migrants we need to be happy: do not let or amnesty? In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1864292.
Anti-migrant campaign in Sochi in full swing In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/content/sochi_migrants/25123850.html.
How much does certificate of proficiency in Russian language cost? In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/skolko-stoit-sertifikat-o-znanii-russkogo-yazyka.
"MK": Children of migrant workers in Russia to be taught with special programs In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news2.php?st=1380807720.
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Publications
New issue of "Voice of Tajik", "Ovozi Tochikistoniho" 69
Migration Policy Practice "Special Issue on HLD" (Volume III, Number 4, August-September 2013) In English: here.
International Migration and Development: Contributions and Recommendations of the International System In English: http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1023.
New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” # 19, October 2013 In Russian: here.
Labor Migration and Development: Setting a course for the future In English: http://www.ilo.org/migrant/publications/specialized-publications/WCMS_222912/lang--en/index.htm.
Towards the 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (Final report of the High-level Dialogue Series) In English: here.
Migration Health – Annual Review 2012 In English: http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=41_7&products_id=1025.
Infographics: Youth unemployment In Russian: http://bnews.kz/ru/news/post/162026/.
Infographics: Remittances in 2013 In Russian: http://www.worldbank.org/ru/news/feature/2013/10/02/remittances-2013-infographics.
Report on monitoring of consular services provided by diplomatic missions and consular agencies of the Kyrgyzstan in Russia and Kazakhstan. A situational analysis of the rights of labor migrants working in Russia and Kazakhstan In Russian: http://www.osce.org/ru/odihr/106504.
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Announcements
Vacancy: Migration, Employment, Economic and Socio-Economic Issues Expert In English: http://iom.kg/en/?p=689.
High-level meetings of the 68th Session of the General Assembly High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development: "Making Migration Work" In English: http://www.un.org/en/ga/68/meetings/migration/participate.shtml.
Tripartite Action for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant In English: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/migpractice/migmain.showPractice?p_lang=en&p_practice_id=71.
Join the e-Discussion on Youth Migration, Equity & Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
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