News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 6 (2019)

Almaty hosts training on “Raising awareness of migrants about their rights” for journalists and representatives of non-governmental organizations in Central Asia

In English: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/7469-v-almaty-proshel-trening-povyshenie-osvedomlennosti-migrantov-ob-ikh-pravakh-dlya-zhurnalistov-i-predstavitelej-nepravitelstvennykh-organizod -tsentralnoj-azii-2.

1.5 million work permits issued to foreigners  in Kazakhstan - Ministry of Internal Affairs

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/1-5-milliona-razresheniy-na-trudovuyu-deyatel-nost-v-kazahstane-vydali-inostrancam-mvd_a351235.

President Jeenbekov signed law on external migration

In Russian: here.

Migration amnesty. No need for Kyrgyzstanis leave Russia

In Russian: here.

Head of Yakutia announced Year without migrants. Not applied for Kyrgyzstanis

In Russian: here.

Remittances from Russia to Tajikistan increased by $ 17 million last year

In Russian: https://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/economic/20190318/razmer-denezhnih-perevodov-iz-rossii-v-tadzhikistan-v-proshlom-godu-viros-na-17-ml.

Uzbekistan and the UAE agreed on cooperation in labor resources

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/uzbekistan-i-oae-dogovorilis-o-sotrudnichestve-.

South Korea increased quota for migrants from Uzbekistan to 3200 people

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/yuzhnaya-koreya-uvelichila.

Over 370 thousand new jobs to create this year in Uzbekistan

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/v-uzbekistane-v-etom-godu-planiruetsya-sozdat.

Uzbekistan introduced a new order for foreign workers

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/v-uzbekistane-vveli-novyy-poryadok-dlya.

IOM Moscow Chief of Mission met with Deputy Head of Rostrud

In English: http://moscow.iom.int/en/news/iom-moscow-chief-mission-met-deputy-head-rostru.

Authorities of Yakutia tighten processes of identifying illegal migrants from Central Asia

In Russian: here.

MIA: crimes committed by migrants can dramatically worsen situation in Russia

In Russian: https://tass.ru/politika/627362.

State Duma assessed restrictions on the work of migrants in Yakutia

In Russian: https://ria.ru/20190328/1552196678.htm.

Anti-migrant sentiment surges in eastern Russian city after alleged rape

In English: https://eurasianet.org/anti-migrant-sentiment-surges-in-eastern-russian-city-after-alleged-rap.

WHO presented report on the health status of refugees and migrants in Europe

In Russian: https://ria.ru/20190319/1551922582.htm.

Europe Migration Data Portal Will Challenge Fake News With Facts

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/europe-migration-data-portal-will-challenge-fake-news-fact.

Madina Zhaparova on Migrants in Moscow, banquets without parents and the First President

In Russian: here.

Yakutsk. Migrants. Boiled up?

In Russian: https://www.svoboda.org/a/29830370.htm.

"Slander and incitement." NTV plot irritated migrants

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/29840240.htm.

Tajik migrants would be asked to contribute for the country's economy

In Russian: https://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/economic/20190318/tadzhikskih-migrantov-poprosyat-skinutsya-na-ekonomiku-stran.

About 600 thousand labor migrants can arrive in Kazakhstan in 2019

In Russian: https://www.kazpravda.kz/news/obshchestvo/okolo-600-tisyach-trudovih-migrantov-mogut-pribit-v-kazahstan-v-2019-god.