News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 3
Date: February 18-24, 2012
Kazakhstan
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 Migration as a risk factor 
 Human Rights Commission under the RK President discusses labor legislation  | 
Kyrgyzstan
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 Almazbek Atambayev banks on educated Kyrgyz nationals who left the country because of objective reasons – Alisher Madanbekov 
 Kazakhstan's President agrees to increase duration of stay up to 90 days for Kyrgyz citizens 
 Deputy Head of State Registration Service Bolot Junusov to be Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Russian Federation 
 National Security Committee expresses its concern on losing control over migration flows in case of introducing visa-free regime in Kyrgyzstan 
 45 young specialists from KR to be employed in St. Petersburg in March – Minister A. Alymkuov 
 Ex-President R. Otunbaeva got introduced to state bodies’ work on Indian diasporas abroad during her visit to India 
 Out of 4,635 unauthorized houses only 1,500 can be legalized in new settlements around Bishkek 
 Unemployed Kyrgyzstanis to get jobs in Russia 
 8.6% of population in Kyrgyzstan are unemployed 
 Mufti to disciple migrants from Kyrgyzstan in good morals and proper behavior in Russia’s Chita 
 More than 14 thousand unemployed registered in Osh oblast  
 106,700 Kyrgyzstanis officially worked in Russia in 2011 
 “Ar-Namys” faction hear results of KR Embassy in Russia inspection: financial violation of 5 million som revealed   | 
Uzbekistan
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 Uzbek authorities eased residence registration in Tashkent 
 Labor migrants from Uzbekistan are the most law abiding 
 Uzbek and Turkmen citizens on a trial case for human trafficking  | 
Tajikistan
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 Recommendations on introducing amendments in Draft Law “On Labor Migration of Citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan Abroad”, Human Rights Center and International federation on Human Rights 
 Tajik officials meet with migration authorities in Russia’s Tyumen 
 Tajik ambassador, Qatari labor minister discuss cooperation on labor migration 
 First group of Tajik migrants receive ‘labor patents’ in Moscow 
 Tajik Culture Center opens in Moscow 
 Tajik labor migrants issues discussed in Krasnodar Krai 
 Job fair held in Khudjand 
 Tajik diaspora did not participate in events in Egypt 
 In Liningrad oblast Tajiks rob illegal migrants 
 Escaped Gastarbeiter from detention center returns In Russian: .  | 
Russia
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 Introducing amendments in migration registration rules for foreign citizens 
 Amendments in package of documents to apply for accompanying family members’ invitation 
 FMS Head K. Romodanovsky suggests strict punishment for organizers of illegal migration 
 Prohorov proposes closing Russian borders with Central Asian states and introducing visa regime 
 Deputy of Moscow State Duma proposes ban for CIS migrants to bring their family members to Russia 
 Labor migrants take 7% of jobs in Russia 
 Onishenko does not trust medical services of Asian countries checking migrants 
 Police to be instructed on behaviour towards migrants 
 Onishenko concerned about migrants living in basements 
 Medical and legal issues of migration discussed in Moscow 
 Nearly 3.5 million illegal migrants work in Russia 
 More than 3 million migrants working in Russia do not pay taxes 
 Moscow develops ways to teach migrants’ children  
 Growing threat of purchase of fake medical record sheets in Russia 
 For migrants planning to work in private entities 
 Around 100 nationalists detained at Manezhnaya Square, witnesses report violence against migrants 
 5 people to be judged for issuing fake documents to migrants  | 
Bilateral/Multilateral
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 BWI Affiliates in Central Asia Sign Agreement to Protect Migrant Workers 
 FMS Head: No plan for CIS visa regime 
 Expanding horizons of partnership 
 Two check-points to open at Kyrgyz-Kazakh Border 
 Migrants from Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan detained at a construction site in Kalachinsk during a raid 
 8 people escaped from migrant detention center in St. Petersburg 
 85 foreign citizens working at a large-scale construction site miss work permit  | 
Analytics
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 M. Egamzod: New Tajik Culture Center in Moscow to reclaim good reputation of Tajiks 
 Migrants to be included in labor structure 
 Russia changes labor migration laws 
 K. Sharipov: Statement of the Moscow Housing and Public Utilities Department’s Head can be taken as an element of striking a conflict 
 Abuse at state border. Prayer before take-off at Dushanbe-Moscow train 
 Migration in Kyrgyzstan: debate a matter in mind 
 Bishkek and Lagos: form and shape… 
 These chains so united, so powerful… 
 Russians are ready to tolerate migrants  | 
Publications
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 “Labor Markets and the Financial Crisis: Evidence from Tajikistan”, by Antje Kroeger and Kristina Meier, German Institute for Economic Research, 2011 
 News of Labor Migration from Tajikistan. Review of media on CA and RF No 34 
 “Enhancing the contribution of migration to the development of migrants, communities and states”, Draft Concept Paper, Global Forum on Migration and Development, Mauritius 2012 
  “Migration. XXI century” Journal, No 10 
 The Annual Report 2011 for the Project “Legal Assistance to Migrants in Krasnodar region”, by non-profit organization “Southern Regional Resource Center”  | 
Announcements
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 “The art of living together” First International Contest on Best Mass Media Item on Integration of Labor Migrants and Migration Policy in RF, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan In Russian: here.  |