News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 113
Date: January 25 - February 07, 2016
Kazakhstan
| 
 
 UN counted 3.5 million migrants in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 There is no Chinatown in Kazakhstan - expert In Russian: . 
 China is forced to deliver their workers to Kazakhstan - expert In Russian: . 
  | 
Kyrgyzstan
| 
 
 Migration code can appear in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Representative office of the KR State Service on migration opened in Moscow In Russian: . 
 IOM mission in Kyrgyzstan met with the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of KR In Russian: . 
 Nurdin Tynaev: Migration policy in Kyrgyzstan ruined In Russian: . 
 Remittances of migrant workers make up 32% of the GDP of Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Income from migrant workers dropped by 37 % In Russian: . 
 SRS: more than 2 thousand people abandoned the Kyrgyz Republic citizenship in 2015 In Russian: . 
 National Diasporas in Russia interested in an illegal situation of migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Structural unit to control the observance of the rights and freedoms of migrants can appear at Ombudsman Office of the Kyrgyz Republic In Russian: . 
 Migration Service: There is a strong tendency to reduce the number of citizens who have denies for entry to Russia In Russian: . 
 Annual outflow of Kyrgyz citizens abroad is on average 50 thousand people In Russian: . 
 76 thousand Kyrgyzstani removed from the black list of FMS in 2015 In Russian: . 
 Migration Service: 169 refugees in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Labor migration: how many Kyrgyz citizens died abroad? In Russian: . 
  | 
Tajikistan
| 
 
 Migration Tajik authorities intend to sign a cooperation agreement with the Red Cross In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan and Korea discussed the prospects of cooperation in the field of labor migration In Russian: . 
 Volume of remittances to Tajikistan in dollars fell by 33.3% In Russian: . 
 Number of Tajik citizens in Russia for the year fell by almost 14% In Russian: . 
 Remittances sent in rubles in Tajikistan to be issued in Somoni In Russian: . 
 Ministry of Economic Development supports the new rules for granting transfers coming in rubles In Russian: . 
 NBT: Russian money transfer system in respect of Tajikistan work as usual In Russian: . 
 Up to $ 50 million may not get Tajik families whose main income is remittances In Russian: . 
 9 thousand people left from only one oblast of Tajikistan to Russia in 2016 In Russian: . 
  | 
Uzbekistan
| 
 
 Moscow and Tashkent are preparing an intergovernmental agreement on organized recruitment of Uzbek for work in Russia In Russian: . 
 Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry clarified the procedure of passports exchange for those who left for permanent residence In Russian: . 
  | 
Russia
| 
 
 Largest immigration center in country opened in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Sobyanin: sale of patents to migrants bring the budget more revenue than oil companies In Russian: . 
 The Programme of Cooperation between Russia and the International Labor Organization May be Extended In English: . 
 Migrants in St. Petersburg are less for 500 thousand In Russian: . 
 Calls to CIS countries declined sharply In Russian: . 
 Restaurants and shops for migrants in Moscow: "Still necessary to calculate" In Russian: . 
 Number of illegal migrants from North Korea in Russia will decrease In Russian: . 
 A growing number of people in Russia who are trying to find a job in Moscow In Russian: . 
  | 
Multilateral
| 
 
 Kyrgyz displaced Uzbeks in the labor market of EEU In Russian: . 
 CSTO representatives to discuss the issues of fight against migration at a meeting in Minsk In Russian: . 
  | 
International News
| 
 
 Labor and Employment Ministers of the BRICS countries adopted a joint declaration In English: . 
 UN: Number of women and children among the migrants in Europe for the first time exceeded the number of men In Russian: . 
  | 
Analytics
| 
 
 Remittances from migrants avoid extreme poverty In Russian: . 
 What if you are in the "black list" of migrants? In Russian: . 
 Arkady Gladilov: Our migrants are treated as cash cows In Russian: . 
 Labor migration - stop, or support? In Russian: . 
 If tomorrow migrants stop sending money, there will be a social explosion In Russian: . 
 Every tenth Kyrgyzstani working in Russia In Russian: . 
 Who replace those labor migrants who left the Russia? In Russian: . 
 Fund assistance to labor migrants from Central Asia in St. Petersburg closed In Russian: . 
 Sheradil Baktygulov: "The lack of information gives rise to stereotypes on migrants" In Russian: . 
 The quotas for foreign workers was cut by a third In Russian: . 
 Tajik migrant workers brought in less money from Russia In Russian: . 
 "Black list": Migrants from the regions were left without help after the merger of ministries In Russian: . 
 Current situation with the Russian living in Korea In Russian: . 
 "Kyrgyz people in Dubai not engaged in dirty work" In Russian: . 
 Fire in Moscow as an occasion to reflect on the solution of migration problems In Russian: . 
 Is Tajikistan waiting for the sunset of labor migration? In Russian: . 
 Lending migrants: no escape from fate, and more from debts In Russian: . 
 Migration from Central Asia in the twentieth century: the lessons for tomorrow In Russian: . 
 Expert: Russia should introduce visas for migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Authorities: Labor migration from Central Asia - a potential channel of penetration of terrorists to Russia In Russian: . 
  | 
Publications
| 
 
 New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” № 3, February 2016 In Russian: . 
 The economic situation in Russia and its impact on migration in the Kyrgyz Republic In Russian: . 
 Labor migration and labor-intensive sectors in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: opportunities for human development in Central Asia In Russian: . 
  | 
Announcements
| 
 
 Head of Migration Programs, Moscow In Russian: . 
  |