NEWS DIGEST ON MIGRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA NO 24
Date: July 27 – August 2, 2012
Kazakhstan
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 Kazakhstan approves rules for immigrant registration In Russian: . 
 BNews.kz portal holds an online conference on "Labor - as a governing national factor in global competition" In Russian: . 
 No social benefits if a person refuses a job provided by Employment Program In Russian: . 
 Almaty – Hong Kong travel intensifies as visa-free travel kicks in In English: . 
 500 students participate in third labor semester of SCB in Zhambyl oblast In Russian: .  | 
Kyrgyzstan
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 R. Otunbayeva launches Compatriots’ Forum In Russian: . 
 Government and compatriots to be engaged in national formation In Russian: . 
 President Atambaev thanks labor migrants for culture preservation In Russian: . 
 The Social Fund of the KR plans to discuss the issue of transferring insurance fees of migrant workers by employers with Russia In Russian: or here. 
 Thousands can watch The First World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis and Compatriots online In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstan and Russia agree on testing migrants in Russian language skills in the territory of the KR In Russian: or here. 
 Director of Employment Center: According to statistics, most citizens going abroad have just attained full age In Russian: or here. 
 Ignorance of Russian laws creates difficulties for Kyrgyz labor migrants In Russian: . 
 Ch. Shamshiev: Remittances, not the National Bank ensure stability of the national currency In Russian: . 
 Forum of Compatriots and World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis could not hold a joint event due to date incompatibility – Zamandash representative In Russian: or here. 
 Bodosh Mamyrova urges not to hide the budget’s dependence on labor migration In Russian: . 
 SPSU to test labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan in Russian language skills In Russian: . 
 Head of Kyrgyz MFA invites participants of the World Congress to visit its Migration Department In Russian: . 
 Alexander Avanesov suggest to establish annual award for compatriots In Russian: . 
 15,000 Kyrgyzstanis living in Montreal, Canada request opening of a diplomatic mission In Russian: . 
 3000 Kyrgyz live in Germany In Russian: . 
 Bishkek holds a conference on human rights protection of labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan to Russia In Russian: or here. 
 Remittances to Kyrgyzstan increase by 17.4% in the first half of 2012 In Russian: . 
 JobTrends: Intensive employment growth in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 A young pianist from Kyrgyzstan proposes development of a musical art performance concept in the country In Russian: . 
 Grand concert as part of the World Congress of Kyrgyz people and Compatriots In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz migrant in Yekaterinburg: After the "Patriot" Kyrgyz girls behave decent In Russian: .  | 
Tajikistan
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 Migration Service Head meets with Chinese Consul in the RT and Xinjiang economic newspaper representatives In Russian: . 
 Head of the Migration Service of Tajikistan reports to journalists In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan’s Migration Service representative acquaints himself with working conditions of migrant workers in Sochi In Russian: . 
 Roundtable held in Krasnodar oblast In Russian: . 
 More than half of the unemployed in Tajikistan are women In Russian: . 
 More than 446 thousand Tajikistanis leave the country for labor migration in the first half of 2012 In Russian: . 
 Another group of migrant workers gets employed In Russian: . 
 Tajik citizens abroad appeal to the UN on the situation in Khorog In Russian: . 
 Help for labor migrant in getting salary In Russian: . 
 Russia deports more than 80 people to Sogd In Russian: .  | 
Uzbekistan
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 National Organization of Uzbeks in Primorye receives guests from Migration Service In Russian: . 
 In support of entrepreneurs In Russian: . 
 New personnel for new time In Russian: . 
 Uzbek pilaf brings people together and strengthens families In Russian: .  | 
Russia
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 FMS and SPSU open Language Testing Office for migrants In Russian: . 
 Department of the FMS explains In Russian: . 
 FMS Director meets with migrants in St. Petersburg In Russian: . 
 Primorye plans to open a migration center In Russian: . 
 Migrants to protect honor of Russia in London In Russian: . 
 Migration card can be filled up at home In Russian: . 
 No jobs for migrants without knowledge of Russian In Russian: . 
 Moscow markets toughen inspections to detect illegal immigrants In Russian: . 
 "Moral code" for migrants established in St. Petersburg In Russian: . 
 Foreign migrant issues discussed in Primorsky Krai In Russian: . 
 Department of the FMS discovers 600 places of concentration of migrants in the St. Petersburg and Leningrad region In Russian: . 
 St. Petersburg prosecutor offers to place migrants in "cultural" hangars In Russian: . 
 Bailiffs and the Migration Service sign an agreement with Muslims in Khabarovsk In Russian: . 
 FMS finds dormitory with illegal immigrants in the south-east of Moscow In Russian: .  | 
Multilateral
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 Central Asia's migrant headache In English: . 
 Russia asks migrants to not appear on the streets on Airborne Forces Day In Russian: .  | 
International News
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 Number of foreign workers in Antalya is growing rapidly In Russian: . 
 China - the second major source of migration to Australia In Russian: .  | 
Analytics
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 Migration according to the Concept In Russian: . 
 Russia collects 120 million records on foreigners In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers to test Russian language skills In Russian: . 
 Taxi drivers demand expulsion of migrants In Russian: . 
 Migrants are asked not to litter and shout In Russian: . 
 Almost half of the Kyrgyz population are migrants In Russian: . 
 Organized employment: a fairy tale told but not soon done In Russian: . 
 Astananians do not throw doubtful glances at migrants with terms such as: "Migrants!" In Russian: . 
 B. Sattori: Migrant workers can change the course of the presidential campaign in Tajikistan In Russian: . 
 Local politicians divide diasporas abroad for internal use In Russian: or in attached file: 06. 
 Migrants offended by Poltavchenko’s words “sheep in the flats” In Russian: .  | 
Publications
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 New Publication: “Chinese migration in Central Asia in the beginning of XXI century” Author: Yelena Sadovskaya In English: here. 
 R. Otunbayeva’s speech at the opening ceremony of the "Mekendeshter" Forum (text) In Russian: . 
 Labor migrant, â„– 16, June 2012 In Russian: .  |