News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 130
Date: September 19 - Осtober 2, 2016
Kazakhstan
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On the issues of migration flows In Russian: http://www.kazpravda.kz/fresh/view/po-voprosam-migratsionnih-potokov/.
Majority of labor migrants from Kazakhstan in 2016 left to China In Russian: https://vlast.kz/novosti/19354-v-2016-godu-bolsinstvo-trudovyh-migrantov-iz-kazahstana-uezzalo-v-kitaj.html.
Influx of Chinese migrant workers recorded in Kazakhstan In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/society/2182717.html.
Migrant workers underpaid more than 2 billion tenge taxes in Almaty region In Russian: https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/almatinskoy-oblasti-trudovyie-migrantyi-nedoplatili-2-302687/.
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Kyrgyzstan
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Parliament adopted a resolution on the protection of KR migrant workers’ rights abroad In Russian: here.
State Migration Agency on the cause of migrant workers death In Russian: here.
Prime Minister called the advantages joining of KR in the EAEC for migrants In Russian: here.
Parliament raised migration issue and two passports of Kyrgyz migrants In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/111464.
Human rights activist raised a question of attitude to Kyrgyz migrants in Russia in the OSCE forum In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28005821.html.
Registration period for Kyrgyz citizens in Kazakhstan are planning to extend In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-379731-ru.html.
Foreign Ministry: about 745 thousand Kyrgyz citizens working abroad In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28001565.html.
Parliament dissatisfied with the work of State Agency for Migration In Russian: here.
MLSP Kyrgyzstan: 19th meeting of the Consultative Council for Labor, Migration and the Social Protection of the CIS Member States population held in Bishkek
More than a quarter of working population of Kyrgyzstan is looking for a job abroad
Migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan in Russia is more than 80%, in Kazakhstan - about 15% In Russian: here.
Almazbek Asanbaev: "Today’s biggest problem in the field of migration - informal employment and labor exploitation" In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/111890.
Almazbek Asanbaev: "About 240 thousand citizens of Kyrgyzstan are in Russia and do not follow the rules" In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/111905.
Additional legal assistance to migrants from Kyrgyzstan to provide in St. Petersburg In Russian: http://knews.kg/250827/v-peterburge-okazhut-dopolnitelnuyu-pravovuyu-pomoshh-migrantam-iz-kyrgyzstana.
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Tajikistan
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Head of Tajik Foreign Ministry at the UN spoke about the problems of labor migration In Russian: https://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20160920/231063.
Migration Service set to work with foreign nationals in Tajikistan
Minister: Remittances are a major source of growth in Tajikistan In Russian: https://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/economic/20160923/231233.
Tajikistan no longer depends on remittances In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/22284-tadzhikistan-bolshe-ne-budet-zaviset-ot-denezhnyh-perevodov-migrantov.html.
In a third more expensive calls from Tajikistan to Russia In Russian: http://rus.ozodi.org/a/28025582.html.
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Uzbekistan
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Central Bank of RF: money transfers from Russia to Uzbekistan decreased In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/tsb-rf-denezhnye-perevody-iz-rossii-v-uzbekistan-snizilis/.
The acquisition of foreign citizenship may cause loss of citizenship of Uzbekistan In Russian: http://www.anons.uz/article/society/17946/.
Within 6 months more than 462.5 thousand jobs created in Uzbekistan In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/economic/v-uzbekistane-v-pervom-polugodii-sozdano-svyshe-462-5-tys-rabochikh-mest/.
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Russia
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Russia stopped deportation of migrants who have violated the law and passport-visa regulations
Moscow receives more than 1% of tax revenue from the sale of patents for migrants In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/economy/2184214.html.
Number of violations in Russia in the field of migration fell by 25% In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/polit/2186572.html.
Every tenth migrant worker in Russia suffers from depression In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28016233.html.
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Multilateral
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Experts noted growth of migrants in RF from EAEC countries In Russian: http://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2016-09-26--eksperty-otmetili-rost-migrantov-v-rf-iz-stran-eaes-25916.
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International
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Migration should be an act of choice and not a desperate last resort In English: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/434127/icode/.
Speech given by ICRC President: Addressing large movements of refugees and migrants In English: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/speech-given-icrc-president-addressing-large-movements-refugees-and-migrants.
Summit on Refugees and Migrants Begins as IOM Joins the United Nations In English: http://www.iom.kz/ru/new/214-un-and-iom.
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Analytics
Publications
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Women and children from Kyrgyzstan involved in migration In Russian: http://advocacy.kg/images/docs/rapport_kyrgyzstan_ru-web.pdf.
Addressing rural youth distress migration In English: http://www.fao.org/resources/infographics/infographics-details/en/c/428634/.
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Announcements
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3rd Almaty Process Senior Officials Meeting (SOM), 19-20 September 2016, Astana, Kazakhstan In Russian: here.
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Contacts
Phone: +996 (312) 915000 ext. 326, 327
Email: tspc@auca.kg
Address: 7/6 Aaly Tokombaev Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic 720060
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