News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 8

Governmental Working Group led by Vice Prime Minister Erlbol Orynbaev in Kostanai oblast

In Russian: http://www.enbek.gov.kz/node/252574.

Share of population with income lower than minimum of subsistence reduces in Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/panorm01.php#7.

Unemployment level remains at 5.5% in February in Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/panorm01.php#12. 

JK Committee approves creation of interdepartmental working group on issues of Pamir Kyrgyz in Afghanistan

In Russian: http://www.ca-news.org/news:927331/ or here.

Period of registration at Consulate for Kyrgyzstan citizens in other countries extended from 3 to 15 days

In Russian: http://www.ca-news.org/news:925651/ or here.

Government plans to employ 20 thousand people

In Russian: На русском: http://www.ca-news.org/news:928401/ or here.

First World Forum of Kyrgyz Diasporas Abroad held in New York

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/30159.

Training Center to teach short-term courses within pilot project opens in lyceum No 91

In Russian: http://www.jashtar.kg/index.php/news/249-tseremoniya-otkrytiya-uchebnogo-tsentra-na-baze-litseya-91-v-ramkakh-pilotnogo-proekta-po-podgotovke-kadrov-kratkosrochnykh-kursov.

MPs intend to bar young ladies from going abroad

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/content/kyrgyzstan_human_rights_woman/24530666.html.

New Study Center launched

In Russian: http://www.jashtar.kg/index.php/news/252-otkrytie-novogo-uchebnogo-tsentra.

Unemployed youth of Kyrgyzstan to take opportunity of employment in Turkey

In Russian: http://www.jashtar.kg/index.php/news/247-bezrabotnaya-molodezh-kyrgyzstana-poluchit-vozmozhnost-trudoustrojstva-v-turtsii.

State agencies and NGOs discuss reforms in pension system in Bishkek

In Russian: http://www.ca-news.org/news:928011/ or here.

Vacancy fair “Isfana – 2012” to be held in Isfana

In Russian: http://fergana.akipress.org/news:180661/.

Presentation of Tolyatti Public Organization

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/34/38395/807.py.

Meeting of Kyrgyzstanis in Bremen

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/2/38410/408.py.

“Rainbow” Festival to gather young talents in Tyumen

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/34/38417/839.py.

Samara holds billiard tournament ‘Nooruz-2012’ on ‘Moscow pyramid’ style

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/2/38425/21.py.

Krasnodar: 17 Kyrgyzstan citizens find themselves in difficult situation

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/10/38434/490.py.

How MPs got scared of China Towns

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/gazeta021.php. 

UN: Tajik Gastarbeiters’ children suffer of separation from parents

In Russian: http://www.vz.ru/news/2012/3/25/570797.html.

Tajik migration service agency, IOM sign memorandum on cooperation

In English: http://news.tj/en/news/tajik-migration-service-agency-iom-sign-memorandum-cooperation.

Draft of new general agreement on socio-labor relations reviewed in Dushanbe

In Russian: here.

Tajik migration service agency launches newspaper for migrants

In English: http://news.tj/en/news/tajik-migration-service-agency-launches-newspaper-migrants.

Labor migrants’ safety protection issues discussed in Dushanbe

In Russian: http://www.ca-news.org/news:930681/ or here.

Strategy of social integration of labor migrants in Russia discussed in Dushanbe

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/panorm01.php#18.

Majority of unemployed in Tajikistan are women

In Russian: here.

Issues of Chinese migrants stay in Tajikistan discussed

In Russian: here.

Tajikistan labor migrants’ qualification do not comply with certificates

In Russian: http://mirror24.24.kg/bigtiraj/125269-kvalifikaciya-trudovyx-migrantov-iz-tadzhikistana.html.

Tajik Migration Service staff to start learning Chinese

In Russian: here.

Chelyabinsk discusses Tajik migrants difficulties

In Russian: here.

Tajik diaspora celebrates Nooruz in Russia

In Russian: here.

‘Somonien’ awarded with ‘Best National Cuisine’

In Russian: here.

III International Festival ‘Peoples Friendship’ held on March 24 in Moscow (Video)

In Russian: http://tajmigrant.com/iii-mezhdunarodnyj-festival-druzhba-narodov-proshel-24-marta-v-moskve-v-ramkax-festivalya-projdet-vserossijskij-mnogonacionalnyj-prazdnik-navruz-2012-video.html. 

Straight to the job from Job Fair

In Russian: http://uza.uz/ru/business/18582/.

Constant attention to employment of population

In Russian: http://uza.uz/ru/business/18571/.

Mahalla – center of family entrepreneurship

In Russian: http://uza.uz/ru/society/18570/.

Labor right well protected

In Russian: http://uza.uz/ru/society/18553/. 

New migration policy concept launched in Russia

In Russian: http://www.gosrf.ru/news/3252/.

FMS Head: Employable population in Russia may drop without migrants

In Russian: http://migrant.ferghana.ru/newslaw/chronicle/glava-fms-bez-migrantov-trudosposobnoe-naselenie-rossii-silno-sokratitsya.html.

Federal Drug Control Service favors tough citizenship acquirement rules

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/rossia01.php#21.

Expert: Russia has to create conditions to protect migrants’ rights

In Russian: http://www.regnum.ru/news/polit/1514164.html.

DFMS: We cannot live without labor migrants

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/6/38408/211.py.

FMS suggests introducing score system to get residence permit

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/rossia01.php#23.

Agapitova: We do not know where illegal migrants’ children disappear

In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/piter/2012/03/27/962002.html.

680 foreigners live in Russia permanently

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/rossia01.php#25.

Insufficient legislation toughens legalization of migrants children in Russia

In Russian: here.

According to ‘Strategy 2020’ experts quotation system ineffective

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/rossia01.php#27.

In average 40 migrants registered in one address in Russia

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/rossia01.php#28.

Migrants suffer tuberculosis 4 times more than Russians

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/rossia01.php#30.

… On work licenses for migrants

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/gazeta015.php.

Wide-scale legalization of Gastarbeiter

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/gazeta015.php.

Children Ombudsman: Almost 8 thousand migrants’ children study in Petersburg schools

In Russian: http://www.newspb.ru/allnews/1513966/.

Petersburg authorities provide temporary benefits to migrants with school-age children

In Russian: http://www.uznayvse.ru/v-rossii/piterskie-vlasti-predostavili-vremennyie-lgotyi-migrantam-u-kotoryih-est-deti-shkolniki-34753-2.html.

Liteinyi region to tell about legal rights to migrants

In Russian: http://www.baltinfo.ru/2012/03/25/V-Liteinom-okruge-migrantam-rasskazhut-o-yuridicheskikh-pravakh-267907.

Ural minister suspected in reducing quota for migrants

In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/federal/2012/03/28/962631.html.

Kuzbass to open new temporary stay centers for foreigners to be deported

In Russian: http://www.sndko.ru/news_event_a/2821.html.

Labor migrant to enjoy right for pension benefits in Sakhalin

In Russian: here.

Citizens of former CIS lead migration inflow in Primorye

In Russian: here.

Chelyabinsk DFMS invites heads of national and cultural centers to discuss integration issues

In Russian: http://www.fms.gov.ru/press/news/news_detail.php?ID=51554.

Friendship House of Buryatiya People in Ulan-Ude hosts first reception of foreigners wishing to get license to work for individuals

In Russian: http://www.fms.gov.ru/press/news/news_detail.php?ID=51539.

Yaroslavl DFMS meets representatives of national diasporas at a round table

In Russian: http://www.fms.gov.ru/press/news/news_detail.php?ID=51509. 

Parliament Speakers of KR and Kazakhstan discuss speeding up ratification of agreements related to labor migrants

In Russian: http://www.ca-news.org/news:926631/ or here.

Kazakhstan Vice Prime Minister of Labor and Social Protection meets with Kyrgyz Deputy Minister of Social Protection

In Russian: http://www.enbek.gov.kz/node/252446.

Head of Krasnodar DFMS and Chair of Regional Organization of Compatriots of Uzbekistan “Umid” hold meeting on effective integration assistance of foreigners in Russian society

In Russian: http://www.fms.gov.ru/press/news/news_detail.php?ID=51513. 

11.5 million illegal immigrants in US: official

In English: http://news.yahoo.com/11-5-million-illegal-immigrants-us-official-234926187.html.

Greece plans detention sites for illegal migrants

In English: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501714_162-57404790/greece-plans-detention-sites-for-illegal-migrants/. 

Gastarbeiter to get conceptually expensive

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/gazeta014.php.

New migrants admission systems develops in Russia

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/gazeta014.php.

History o slopwork by Tajik citizens in Russia

In Russian: here.

Food for thought for journalists. Dispute of irreconcilables

In Russian: http://caucasia.at.ua/news/poljusa/2012-03-28-1313.

For police serving to ‘protect life, health, rights and freedoms of citizens, migrants are not human beings

In Russian: http://tajmigrant.com/dlya-policejskix-prizvannyx-zashhishhat-zhizn-zdorove-prava-i-svobody-grazhdanmigranty-lichnostyami-ne-yavlyayutsya.html.

Hot topic: Two journalists debate on labor migration

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/6/38423/281.py.

Valentin Bogaterev on causes of Russian ‘antimigration’ policy

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/6/38419/801.py.

Migrant issue

In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/6/38407/237.py.

Myths and realities of migrant’s purse

In Russian: http://kginfo.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3731&Itemid=35.

School becomes the only adaptation instrument for migrants

In Russian: http://kginfo.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3698&Itemid=35.

“Illegal immigrants’ points” trade drugs and fake documents in Moscow metro

In Russian: http://www.baltinfo.ru/2012/03/29/Birzhi-nelegalov-torguyut-narkotikami-i-dokumentami-v-moskovskom-metro-268758.

… on migrants from Chine to Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/0503/gazeta021.php.

News of Labor Migration from Tajikistan. Review of media on CA and RF No 38

In Russian: here.

ILO: “The youth employment crisis: Time for action”

In English: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_175421.pdf. 

VIII Migration Summer School: Social Movements, Systemic Change and Migration

In English: http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/summer-school/#Venue.

Summer School "Global Migration and Development", Utrecht University

In English: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/index.php?type=courses&code=S22.