News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 71

Free medical care for migrants in Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/inworld/kazakhstan/society/18588256/

Kazakhstan aims to expand cooperation with the ILO - head of the Ministry of Labor of Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://www.zakon.kz/4631978-kazakhstan-nacelen-na-rasshirenie.html.

Number of migrants from Kyrgyzstan in RK sharply reduced

In Russian: http://kapital.kz/gosudarstvo/30778/v-rk-rezko-sokratilos-kolichestvo-migrantov-iz-kyrgyzstana.html.

MP Yakovleva requests complete support for migrants in matters of social security

In Russian: http://www.zakon.kz/4633151-deputat-jakovleva-prosit-podderzhivat.html.

Kazakh economy relies on migrant workers

In Russian: http://i-news.kz/information/Podschitani-dohodi.html.

MINT offers to simplify the visa and migration process for tourists from the CIS, China, Middle East and India

In Russian: http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2669007.

The majority of Russians are leaving Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://total.kz/society/2013/02/28/iz_kazahstana_bolshe_vsego_uezzh.

Checking for civil rights

In Russian: http://kapital.kz/details/31174/proverka-na-civilizovannost.html.

The most popular cities and regions of Kazakhstan among migrants

In Russian: http://www.bestnews.kz/goryachie-novosti/item/nazvany-samye.html.

Director of Shymkent Market blames migration police for hindering business

In Russian: http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2670540.

Kyrgyzstan brings together immigration legislation with the CIS

In Russian: here

Kyrgyz citizens do not need quotas for work in Russia

In Russian: here

Illegal migrant workers in Russia to become legalized

In Russian: here

Migration outflow decreased

In Russian: here

Russia and Kyrgyzstan agree to transfer pensions of migrant workers according to principle of proportionality

In English: here

Speaker A. Jeenbekov urged the government to work to attract migrant workers in the real economy

In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-267823-ru.html.

Advocacy Center conducts a survey of internal migrants in communities

In Russian: here

MFA: The flow of visitors from the "visa-free list" increased by 15%

In Russian: here

Kyrgyz migrant workers cannot afford Russian state health insurance – Ministry of Health

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/33/40518/882.py.

Jeenbekov discussed migration issues at PACE

In Russian: here

Number of migrants from Kyrgyzstan to Russia decreased by almost a third

In Russian: here

More than three thousand unemployed in Nookat region since the beginning of the year

In Russian: http://turmush.kg/ru/news:62423/.

Head of SDM of Kyrgyzstan met with migrants from Kyrgyzstan in Moscow

In Russian: http://www.24.kg/community/182103-glava-dumk-vstretilsya-v-moskve-s-migrantami-iz.html.

Zhenish Toroev: Internal migrants because of the limitation of their rights remain behind

In Russian: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/1526-24-iyunya-2014-zhenish-toroev-vnutrennie-migranty-iz-za-ogranicheniya-ikh-prav-ostayutsya-za-bortom.

Svetlana Bashtovenko:  migrant workers need to be prepared before they go to another country

In Russian: here.

GPC: Information on labor migration is very much needed out there

In Russian: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/1518-23-iyunya-2014-bos-informatsiya-po-voprosam-trudovoj-migratsii-ochen-nuzhna-v-glubinke.

Member of Parliament discussed employment issues with migrants from Kyrgyzstan in Qatar

In Russian: http://namba.kg/news/read.php?id=2744211.

Tajik Diasporas contribute to the economic development of the country

In Russian: here

RT and RF speakers discussed the problems of Tajik migrants

In Russian: here

Valentina Matviyenko: "We stand for the abolition of quotas for migrant workers”

In Russian: here

Red Cross and Red Crescent health care for migrant workers

In Russian: here

IOM strengthens the potential of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population in Tajikistan

In English: here

Russian language exam for migrants: integration starts

In Russian: here

K. Romodanovskiy: "Welfare for Tajik migrants will be issued"

In Russian: here

Simplified rules of getting Russian citizenship… But not for Uzbeks

In Russian: http://www.uznews.net/ru/world/26826-poluchenije-rossijskogo-grazhdanstva-uprostili-no-ne-dla-uzbekov.

2.4 million citizens of Uzbekistan are working in Russia

In Russian: http://www.uznews.net/ru/society/26816-24-mln-grazhdan-uzbekistana-nahodatsa-na-zarabotkah-v-rossii.

MPs discussed employment issues

In Russian: http://www.uzinform.com/ru/news/20140618/21250.html.

Romodanovskiy: migration service has files for two-thirds of the CIS population

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/33/40509/207.py.

FMS: the influx of migrants from the CIS in Russia decreased by 20 percent

In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/politics/18543996/.

Russia banned the entry with of citizens with a regular passport from Tajikistan

In Russian: http://dknews.kz/rossiya-zapretila-v-ezd-po-grazhdanskomu-pasportu-tadzhikistana/.

Order of the Ministry of Education and Science: Migrants in Russia should be able to read the sign-boards

In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/politics/18618120/.

Putin signed a law on simplification of attracting foreign workers

In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/politics/18644925/.

Unemployment in Russia reached record low

In Russian: http://www.kazpravda.kz/ida.php?ida=58531.

Trades workers: Samara region wants to make a billion on aliens

In Russian: http://fedpress.ru/news/society/reviews/1403073053-pribylnye-migranty-samarskaya-oblast-khochet-zarabotat-milliard-na-inostrantsakh.

Centre for Social Adaptation of migrant workers in Orenburg released its first students

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/33/40523/89.py.

FMS organizes literary parties for migrants

In Russian: http://mir24.tv/news/society/10701636.

Foreign Ministry of RF denies reports of high mortality of Tajik migrants in Russia

In Russian: http://www.avesta.tj/sociaty/25795-mid-rf-oprovergaet-informaciyu-o-vysokoy-smertnosti-tadzhikskih-migrantov-v-rossii.html.

Day of Migration Service of Russia

In Russian: http://kginfo.ru/index.php/novosti/item/1848-segodnya-den-rabotnikov-migratsionnoy-sluzhby-rossii.html.

Migrants tend to center

In Russian: http://kommersant.ru/doc/2491253.

Beginning next year citizens CIS countries to travel to Russia with foreign passports

In Russian: http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1281861.

Astana to host a meeting of the Council of Heads of CIS migration bodies

In Russian: here

Migration problem in Europe

In Russian: http://www.migrant.ru/news/209-problema-migratsii-v-evrope.html.

Guest workers in Germany are unemployed

In Russian: http://www.gazeta.ru/business/2014/06/17/6073585.shtml.

Kazakhstan's experience in the field of migration - what can be learned?

In Russian: http://www.apn.ru/publications/article31832.htm.

New restrictions will not help reduce the flow of migrants from Tajikistan

In Russian: http://top.rbc.ru/politics/23/06/2014/932110.shtml.

Where do the workers come from? Part 1

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/10641-otkuda-prihodjat-migranty-chast-1.html.

Where do the workers come from? Part 2

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/10643-otkuda-prihodjat-migranty-chast-2.html.

Migrants in the law: Tighter rules on entry reduced crime in Russia

In Russian: http://mir24.tv/news/society/10739862.

Marriage statistics

In Russian: http://www.migrant.ru/news/206-brachnaya-statistika.html.

Native Tajik migrants

In Russian: http://lenta.ru/articles/2014/06/26/tajic/.

Female – a toiling migrant: who is she?

In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news2.php?st=1403662380.

Number of migrants in Russia rise. Around 15-16 million migrants enter Russia every year

In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news2.php?st=1403808000.

Order with a hidden meaning - someone who will win: migrants, Russian language, or a combination?

In Russian: here.

How migrants will demonstrate knowledge of the Russian language

In Russian: http://finam.info/blog/43685238395/Kak-migrantyi-podtverdyat-znanie-russkogo-yazyika.

Migrant workers in the households of Kazakhstan and Russia

In Russian: http://7x7-journal.ru/post/43641.

Migrants are rising in price

In Russian: http://kommersant.ru/doc/2493367?isSearch=True.

Quota of permits for temporary residence in Russia can be adjusted during the year

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/33/40505/752.py.

Employers to be obliged to pay pension contributions for workers, but foreigners will not receive pensions

In Russian: here.

Female migrant worker: arrived in Russia and deteriorated

In Russian: http://www.mr7.ru/articles/103337/.

Uzbeks - on the farm, Uzbek women - to work in Russia

In Russian: http://www.uznews.net/ru/society/26756-uzbeki-na-khozajstve-uzbechki-na-zarabotki-v-rossiju.

Head of Russian Federal Migration Service on contemporary migration issues

In Russian: http://www.migrant.ru/news/197-glava-fms-rossii-o-sovremennykh-problemakh-migratsii.html.

Culture - to the mass migration

In Russian: http://www.migrant.ru/news/189-kulturu-v-migratsionnye-massy.html.

Russia: Muscovites started the study of Central Asian languages

In Russian: http://russian.eurasianet.org/node/60701.

Focus on Migration and Development

In English: here

Migration Policy Practice (Volume IV, Number 2, April–June 2014)

In English: here

New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” № 12, June 2014

In Russian: here

New Issue of “Compatriots” № 6, July 2014

In Russian: http://migratsia.ru/blog/vyshel_v_svet_zhurnal_zemljaki_6_ijul_2014_goda/2014-06-16-178.

International Conference on Migration and Statelessness

In English: http://www.iom.kz/new/116-conference-on-migration-ashgabat.

Round table on “Existing work permits systems: international experience and best practices"

In English: http://www.iom.kz/new/118-round-table-260614-eng.

Webinar for those who engaged in consulting and training of migrant workers

In Russian: here.