News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 2
Date: February 11-17, 2012
Kazakhstan
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 Kazakhstan's President approves amendments to Labor Code 
 Number of emigrants from Kazakhstan in 2011 increases by 22.8% 
 After 2020 Kazakhstan may face deficit of employable citizens  | 
Kyrgyzstan
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 Videoconference on migration issues with Russia to be held in Kyrgyz capital 
 Registration duration for Kyrgyz citizens in diplomatic mission abroad increases up to 15 days 
 Training within Russian project concludes 
 “Ak Bata”: Parliament has not yet developed a basic concept of migration in the country 
 The first world forum of Kyrgyz Diasporas abroad to be held in New-York city In English: . 
 Jenishbek Mukambetov: “Migrants will be able to send fees to recover pensionable service record through Unistream money transfer system 
 Kyrgyz citizens take 7th place on number of Gastarbeiter in Russia 
 Preventive check-up of workers at big markets and residents of new settlements to be held in Capital of Kyrgyzstan 
 New Chair of Kyrgyz Diaspora elected in Russia’s Irkutsk 
 “Mekendesh” concludes results of its work in Dushanbe  | 
Uzbekistan
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 Uzbek “Adolat” opens its office in Vladivistok 
 Saratovians like Uzbek bread ‘lepeshka’ made in ‘tandoor’ 
 Uzbekistan is better recognized on Volga riverside  | 
Tajikistan
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 Automated migration registration system presented in Dushanbe 
 Project on socio-economic inclusion of women from migrants’ households developed 
 UNDP reveals extent of Tajik dependence on remittances 
 Tajikistan authorities help citizens migrate 
 New law promises to be useful 
 Tajikistanis abroad create political movement 
 Tajik migrants unanimously support Putin 
 A Corresponding Member from Tajikistan works as a tile setter 
 A Dostiev on relations in Tajikistan and Russia  | 
Russia
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 Russian pension for foreign workers 
 Migrant is relieved from collecting extra ‘papers’ 
 FMS Director K. Romodanovsky supports toughening criminal law and tests in Russian language and literature 
 Romodanovsky plans to solve ‘rubber’ flats 
 FMS: Number of Gastarbeiter speaking Russian is reducing 
 Moscow may hold vacancy fairs for legal Gastarbeiter 
 Migration quota in Moscow cut four times since 2008 
 Raids for illegal migrants start in Russia 
 Novosibirsk enters its stake on educated repatriates 
 “Maternal houses do millions of abortions a year!”  | 
Bilateral/Multilateral
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 Remittances from Russia to Central Asian countries increased by 29% in 2011 
 250 thousand migrant-sweepers to be untenanted out of Moscow basements 
 Migrants in Ivanovo baked bread without gloves and pinafores  | 
Analytics
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 Kyrgyz and Tajik Migrants protest in Moscow  
 Gastarbeiter in Russia 
 Valeri Karamov: “Number of foreigners coming to Russia increases every year”  
 How to get minority migrants adapted? 
 “RG”: Persona non migranta. Russia’s FMS Head frightens ‘unwanted guests’ 
 Why are you like natives? Migrants' children learn Russian passionately 
 Tajikistan is fed by labor migrants 
 About Kyrgyz tribes in Pakistan 
 Small child comes to his father and asks “What is good and what is bad?” 
 Tajik tragedy 
 When bureaucracy is more important 
 Top-10: Cold but restive January   | 
Publications
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 “"Action": Publishing Research Results in Film” by Susan Thieme, in Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Volume 13, No. 1, Art. 31, January 2012 
 “Coming Home? Patterns and Characteristics of Return Migration in Kyrgyzstan” by Susan Thieme, in “International Migration”, IOM Publications, Early view. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2011.00724.x  | 
Announcements
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 Call for Papers: special issue on Gender, Religion and Migration In English: .  |