News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 118
Date: April 04 - 17, 2016
Kazakhstan
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 Rules of entry for immigrants changed in Kazakhstan In Russian: http://365info.kz/2016/04/pravila-vezda-dlya-immigrantov-izmeneny-v-kazahstane/. 
 Labor migrants flow increased in Kazakhstan In Russian: http://ru.sputnik.kg/migration/20160415/1024355550.html. 
 Working Meetings in Kazakhstan In English: http://www.ilo.org/moscow/news/WCMS_470709/lang--en/index.htm. 
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Kyrgyzstan
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 Head of Ministry of social development discussed in Moscow the labor market development in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/104841. 
 Naryshkin: issues of labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan resolved within the framework of the EEU In Russian: here. 
 Sergey Shukhno: competitiveness of Kyrgyz citizens in Russia increasing in employment In Russian: here. 
 Kyrgyzstan offered to apply a migration card at the entrance / exit to / from the Republic In Russian: here. 
 Migration Service considers the process of resettlement of citizens from rural to urban positive In Russian: here. 
 In Kyrgyzstan 552 foreign specialists to attract to work on a quota In Russian: here. 
 Info graphics: Immigration to Kyrgyzstan In Russian: http://www.nisi.kg/ru-news-1792. 
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Tajikistan
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 EDB: reduction in remittances created pressure on the exchange rate in Tajikistan 
 Russian FMS: Number of Tajiks entering Russia growing again In Russian: http://news.tj/ru/news/fms-rf-chislo-tadzhikov-priezzhayushchikh-v-rossiyu-snova-rastet. 
 In Kurgan-Tube to open educational center for labor migrants In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/v-kurgan-tyube-budet-otkryt-obrazovatelnyi-tsentr-dlya-trudovykh-migrantov. 
 Migration Service of Sogd employed 250 people in Russia In Russian: http://www.toptj.com/News/2016/04/05/migracionnaya-sluzhba-sogda-trudoustroila-v-rossii-250-chelovek. 
 More than 400 residents of Sughd left for labor migration to Russia and Kazakhstan 
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Uzbekistan
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 Uzbekistan launched a new campaign for return of emigrants In Russian: https://slon.ru/posts/66451. 
 Seminar on work safety held in Tashkent In Russian: http://www.jahonnews.uz/ru/politika/143/18371/. 
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Russia
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 Federal Migration Service transferred to the Interior Ministry In Russian: https://lenta.ru/news/2016/04/05/megamvd/. 
 Remittances from Russia to the former Soviet Union crumbled In Russian: http://russian.eurasianet.org/node/63006. 
 No patent for the work without VAT for labor migrants in Moscow In Russian: http://riamo.ru/happen_news_moscow/20160404/621576712.html. 
 Petersburg deputies proposed to restrict the entry of labor migrants In Russian: http://www.avesta.tj/sociaty/39705-peterburgskie-deputaty-predlozhili-ogranichit-vezd-trudovyh-migrantov.html. 
 Children of labor migrants have the same rights for education as children of RF citizens - Ministry of Education of RF 
 Round table on the management of migration processes In Russian: http://ria.ru/announce/20160414/1410808108.html. 
 Expert: FMS liquidation will not affect the migrants in Russia In Russian: http://ru.sputnik.kg/migration/20160413/1024291250.html. 
 Petersburg employment service offered to citizens of Kyrgyzstan thousand vacancies In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/piter/2016/04/13/1506146.html. 
 More than 40% of taxi drivers in Moscow are foreigners, many of them were judged In Russian: http://ria.ru/society/20160416/1412425925.html. 
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Multilateral
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 World Bank predicts an increase in informal transfers from the RF to Central Asia In Russian: http://inozpress.kg/news/view/id/48329.  | 
International News
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 Migrants sent $ 461.6 billion to developing countries for a year In Russian: http://www.ng.ru/news/539200.html. 
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Analytics
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 Toktobolotov: Joining the EEU seriously changed the status of labor migrants In Russian: here. 
 What is to be labor migrant in Kyrgyzstan? In Russian: http://www.vb.kg/doc/337560_kakovo_byt_trydovym_migrantom_v_kyrgyzstane.html. 
 "I am an enemy and colonizer" What do they know and think about Central Asian migrants in Russia In Russian: https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/04/10/ponaehali_tut/. 
 Special services switched to telephone threats to return migrants back In Russian: http://rus.ozodlik.org/content/article/27661738.html. 
 Economic crisis in Central Asia is growing In Russian: http://rus.azattyq.org/a/central-asia-crisis/27666363.html. 
 Fate of the migrant: One-way ticket In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/sudba-migranta-bilet-v-odin-konets. 
 FMS abolished. What will happen to migrants? In Russian: http://rus.ozodi.org/content/article/27658374.html. 
 Migration police instead of migration policy In Russian: https://www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/articles/2016/04/06/636556-migratsionnaya-politsiya. 
 Russia: Attack on Migrant Puts Racism Back on Agenda In English: http://www.eurasianet.org/node/78236. 
 Unemployed youth: "lost generation" In Russian: http://news.tj/ru/news/bezrabotnaya-molodezh-poteryannoe-pokolenie. 
 Corruption in the field of migration: was there. And will be? In Russian: http://www.fergananews.com/articles/8933. 
 Outcome of rurals in Kazakhstan meets the interests of the privatization In Russian: http://regnum.ru/news/polit/2117301.html. 
 IWPR Kyrgyzstan: Problems of employment. Migrants from KR in the US In Russian: http://cabar.asia/ru/iwpr-kyrgyzstan-problemy-trudoustrojstva-kyrgyzskie-migranty-v-ssha/. 
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Publications
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 Labor migration and social security of workers in the Eurasian Economic Union In Russian: http://moscow.iom.int/russian/publications/CARMP/spreads.pdf. 
 New issue of “Your Right. Migration”, № 8, April 2016 In Russian: here. 
 Newsletter #1 - March 2016 In English: http://www.ilo.org/moscow/information-resources/newsletters/WCMS_470268/lang--en/index.htm. 
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Announcements
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 Information on foreign nationals in the territory of the Russian Federation, in the context of sex and age (by citizenship) In Russian: here. 
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