News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 32
Date: December, 2012
Kazakhstan
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 President instructs Ministry of Education and Science with Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Kazakhstan to analyze the prospects of domestic labor market In Russian: . 
 Unemployment benefits to pay to those who seek to improve his skills - President In Russian: . 
 Unemployment rate decreases in Astana In Russian: . 
 Employment map is drawn in Atyrau, where 11,647 unemployed people to be in 2013 In Russian: . 
 About 7000 jobs in rural areas in the framework of Employment Program In Russian: . 
 Russian government approves an agreement with Kazakhstan on the presence of people in each other territory without registration In Russian: . 
 On a blue eye: According to akimat, the average salary in South Kazakhstan is 2000$ In Russian: . 
 Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan - 5.3% In Russian: . 
 General Prosecutor of Kazakhstan and IOM coordinator for Central Asia to sign a memorandum on combating human trafficking In Russian: . 
 People of Kazakhstan to take part in the World Radiomarathone dedicated to the International Day of Migrants In Russian: . 
 Kazakhstan wants to restrict residence in Astana and Almaty In Russian: 
 Around 5,500 work permits were issued in Astana to foreign workers since the beginning of the year In Russian: . 
 Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan decreases to 5.2% in the third quarter In Russian: . 
 Awareness campaign on HIV prevention in Almaty among migrant workers - USAID project In Russian: . 
 72, 4 thousand people came to Almaty in 2011, mostly migrants from other regions of Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
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Kyrgyzstan
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 National Public Migration Board to open in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz Ministry of Youth, Labor and Employment and Ministry of Employment and Labor of Korea sign a Memorandum of Mutual Understanding on sending workers to Korea In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz Embassy helps to solve migration problems of compatriots in the Krasnoyarsk Territory In Russian: . 
 Migration service agency makes Kyrgyz labor migrants aware of migration laws in Russia In Russian: . 
 Social Fund of the Kyrgyz Republic to work on transferring migrants funds from the pension fund of the Russian Federation In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz migrants in Moscow to be prepared for a language test In Russian: . 
 Center for Children works with children of internal migrants In Russian: . 
 "Family for every child" mitigates migration In Russian: . 
 Six departments work on migration policy with zero result - Otorbaev In Russian: . 
 Kirill Ismailov: We are going to simplify the procedure of obtaining visas for foreigners In Russian: . 
 About 11 thousand people left Kyrgyzstan for 10 months In Russian: . 
 20 688 thousand Kyrgyz citizens get registered at Migration Service of Krasnoyarsk region in 11 months In Russian: . 
 Average income of migrant workers abroad - $ 400 a month In Russian: . 
 40% of earnings Kyrgyz labor migrants send home - research In Russian: . 
 Center for Migrants operates in village Bokonbaevo In Russian: . 
 General Consulate of the Kyrgyz Republic in Almaty organizes New Year’s party for the children of Kyrgyz migrants In Russian: . 
 New Year’s party for the children of migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan in Moscow In Russian: . 
 A group of citizens from Kyrgyzstan evacuated from the Kuril Islands Shikotan In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz people in Moscow make fake documents for migrants from Central Asia In Russian: . 
 Bishkek hosts a conference on protecting the rights of migrants In Russian: . 
 Social Fund Representatives meet with labor migrants in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 MIA urged to protect migrant workers from criminal In Russian: . 
 Offer to return migration issues to Office for Labor and Employment In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers are the main investors in Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz MFA In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz Embassy recommends migrants comply with the legislation of Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 No single migration strategy in Kyrgyzstan - Job Center for citizens In Russian: . 
 Ministry of Youth proposes to allow domestic workers to get a job in any region without registration In Russian: . 
 Migration and unemployment lead to the destruction of the family - data research In Russian: . 
 Event on migration and vocational education in December 18 In Russian: . 
 Expert describes three approaches to the problem of labor migration In Russian: . 
 MP tells about tightening of migration controls in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Exams on Russian language for migrants be held in four phases In Russian: . 
 Information on a language test for traveling migrants can be found at the Institute of Russian Language after Pushkin In Russian: . 
 Marina Manke: Citizens of Kyrgyzstan to continue to search for other labor markets In Russian: . 
 Damira Niyazalieva: Only a third of Kyrgyz citizens who go to work in Russia, get registered In Russian: . 
 Nurbek Omurov: Legal channels do not cover employment even of 70% of migrants In Russian: . 
 Aigul Ryskulova: School graduates practically are blind in choosing a future profession In Russian: . 
 Samat Toktobolotov: The purpose of the state - labor mobility In Russian: . 
 Aigul Ryskulova: Protection of migrant workers to be solved in the Customs Union In Russian: . 
 Nurdin Tynaev: Number of deaths among migrant women abroad is increasing In Russian: . 
 Aliyasbek Alymkulov: "Single database of employers and job seekers is working in Kyrgyzstan" In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz Diasporas and organizations in Moscow and regions of Russia to hold a congress in March 2013 In Russian: . 
 450 thousand migrants from Kyrgyzstan get Russian citizenship from 1991 to 2011 In Russian: . 
 About 5 thousand citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic in Kazakhstan get registered permanently and about 25 thousand people temporarily, according to the MIA KR In Russian: . 
 In the first half of 2012, number of work permits issued to citizens of Kyrgyzstan in Russia decreases by 12% In Russian: or here. 
 Since 1991, more than 900 thousand people left Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Otunbayeva and UNDP Administrator H.Klark discuss issues of Kyrgyz migrants In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz and Kazakh MFA to develop memo for migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Dzholdoshova proposes to ban exit of Kyrgyz women under 23 years abroad In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz-Russian Congress elected Kubanychbek Kozhoev as a Head In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz journalist about Putin's message: Migration has long been a tool of political declarations In Russian: . 
 Expert: International passports contradict the idea of a Eurasian Union when entering Russia In Russian: . 
 Remittances in Kyrgyzstan is 30% of GDP In Russian: . 
 President of the Kyrgyz Republic says to create 350,000 jobs in Kyrgyzstan in five years In Russian: . 
 400 million som to spend on creating jobs in 2013 In Russian: . 
 World Day for HIV prevention among migrants in Kyrgzystan In Russian: . 
 Kazakhstan delays ratification of the agreement with Kyrgyzstan on labor and business In Russian: . 
 Group of MPs help to solve the social problems of migrants in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Theater project to help young people find work in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Ernest Karybekov speaks in St. Petersburg with a report on the integration between Kyrgyzstan and Russia In Russian: . 
 Alexander Shustov: The outflow of labor migrants to Russia leads to a shortage of qualified personnel in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Official explanation of Organizing Committee on the All-Russian Congress of the Kyrgyz In Russian: 
 Center of the Kyrgyz-Russian friendship with the elements of culture, tourism, life to be open in the Yaroslavl region of Russia In Russian: . 
 80% of Kyrgyz migrants in Kazakhstan are engaged in business activities - deputy In Russian: . 
 More than 300,000 people in Kyrgyzstan receive Russian citizenship in the past 15 years In Russian: . 
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Tajikistan
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 Migration service agency makes potential labor migrants aware of migration realities abroad In Russian: . 
 Agreement on voluntary medical insurance for Tajik migrants singed in Moscow In Russian: . 
 It is hard to find a job with major in Tajikistan - the results of research In Russian: . 
 160,000 Tajiks in Russia according to the Federal Migration Service In Russian: 
 Nearly 33,000 people get a job in Tajikistan this year In Russian: . 
 Remittances to Tajikistan reach nearly $ 3.3 billion In Russian: . 
 More than two thousand new jobs to create in Khujand in 2013 In Russian: . 
 Average monthly wage in Kulob increases by 109 somoni for the year In Russian: . 
 Offer of 231 free workplace at a job fair in Spitamen In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan's migration service helps to change the decision of the court to expel migrants In Russian: . 
 IOM Tajikistan Recognizes International Migrants Day In English: . 
 Discussion on the problems of labor migration holds in Khujand In Russian: 
 Discussion on the voluntary medical insurance of Tajik migrants holds in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Since the beginning of the year number of unemployed in Tajikistan get twice lower In Russian: . 
 More than 800,000 people left Tajikistan since the beginning of the year In Russian: . 
 66 people from Sughd deported from Russia since the beginning of the year In Russian: . 
 Remittances to Tajikistan increases to almost $ 3.3 billion In Russian: . 
 More than 200 thousand citizens of Sughd leave the country since the beginning of the year In Russian: . 
 111 citizens of Tajikistan in Moscow waiting to return to their homeland In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan, Russia to sign new agreement on organized labor migration In Russian: . 
 Dushanbe mayor's office intends to attract potential migrants to the development of city In Russian: . 
 ILO calls to set a decent minimum wage In Russian: . 
 Round table on "The challenges of globalization and migration" in RTSU In Russian: . 
 Head of the Russian Federal Migration Service in Tajikistan to present his photographs in Dushanbe In Russian: . 
 Meeting with the management of the FMS of Russia In Russian: . 
 Issues of migrants integration should be solved jointly In Russian: . 
 Over a hundred citizens of Tajikistan are in a detention center for foreigners in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Increased HIV risk for wives of Tajik migrants In English: . 
 Delegation of Tajik Migration Service visits Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Russian collaboration organizes in Dushanbe testing on Russian language In Russian: 
 Daily average of 82 residents leave Tajikistan In Russian: . 
 Over 30,000 people get jobs in Tajikistan this year In Russian: . 
 Migrants from Tajikistan get warned purchase tickets from reliable dealers in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Janitors from Tajikistan go on strike in Moscow In Russian: . 
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Uzbekistan
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 Employment – guarantee of good life In Russian: . 
 Uzbeks are asked to learn the Russian and find an employer before emigration In Russian: . 
 Employment - guarantee of good life In Russian: . 
 Presentation of Uzbek culture in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Uzbekistan extends period of work permits to 3 years for citizens of Korea In Russian: . 
 Employment - urgent question In Russian: . 
 Expansion of abilities In Russian: . 
 "One stop shop" for entrepreneurs In Russian: . 
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Russia
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 FMS promises to prepare the concept of labor migration for the year In Russian: . 
 Cabinet of Ministries to consider involvement of highly skilled migrants to the Russian Federation In Russian: 
 FMS publishes data on the number of migrant workers in Russia In Russian: . 
 Russian government to consider amending the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers en masse leave Russia In Russian: . 
 Migration Service is looking for online communication In Russian: . 
 80% of young migrant workers coming to Russia, do not speak Russian - FMS In Russian: . 
 Game for adaptation is invented in Peter for migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Department of Federal Migration Service in Moscow proposes to create migration patrols In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers in Krasnoyarsk successfully pass tests on the Russian language In Russian: . 
 Samara opens hotel for migrants In Russian: . 
 Saratov welcomes migrants with good "lift" In Russian: . 
 Migrants decorate Christmas trees in Tverskaya In Russian: . 
 Migration Service for Nationalities In Russian: . 
 Guest workers in Moscow to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the USSR In Russian: . 
 Criminal penalties for entry to Russia previously deported migrants In Russian: . 
 Public Council of Russian FMS in Moscow to consider the initial results of testing of foreign nationals in the Russian language In Russian: . 
 Poltavchenko wants to limit the number of migrants In Russian: . 
 Kudrin calls to increase the flow of migrants to Russia In Russian: . 
 Migration is a development, considers head of the Federal Migration Service In Russian: . 
 Member of the Public Chamber of the Leningrad region: It is not a sign of crime among migrants the presence of "ethnocriminality" In Russian: . 
 Kaliningrad Governor asks to restrict migration from Central Asia In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers from Tajikistan has two years to get an international passport In Russian: 
 Petersburg theaters to take part in the education of migrant children In Russian: . 
 Population growth rate in Russia is possible only due to migration In Russian: . 
 Three-quarters of foreign migrants are in five Russian regions In Russian: . 
 Test of Russian language pass five thousand migrants In Russian: . 
 Putin to allow entry to Russia only by foreign passports In Russian: . 
 Ministry of Labor to provide migrants with voluntary insurance policies In Russian: . 
 Migrants in Russia ignore the mandatory test for Russian language In Russian: . 
 Twenty-one laws for one migrant In Russian: 
 Sobyanin denies increasing of quotas for migrant workers for the coming year In Russian: . 
 Roundtable: "What kind of migration museum needs Moscow?" In Russian: . 
 Putin instructs to expedite procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship to former USSR citizens In Russian: . 
 360 words enough for migrants to work in Russia In Russian: . 
 Russia to consider on agreement for cancellations of staying up to 30 days for citizens of Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Petersburg ombudsman believes that the growing number of migrants either economically or socially justified In Russian: . 
 World Bank: "triple benefit" of migration In Russian: 
 From December 1entering into force a new law on migration In Russian: . 
 MPs ask to check migrants on the knowledge of Russian already working in the Russian Federation In Russian: . 
 Duma deputies intend to prohibit issuing work permits to migrants under the age of 18 years In Russian: . 
 Socio-economic growth in Russia result in the need for migrant workers specialties In Russian: 
 Database of all the foreigners who come to the capital to create in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Simonov: migration problem cannot be solved by repressive measures In Russian: . 
 Quotas for issuing work permits to foreigners divided by region In Russian: . 
 Center for illegal migrants in Udmurtia In Russian: . 
 "Anti-conflict" informational meetings for migrants in Krasnodar In Russian: . 
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Multilateral
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 Central Asian migrants benefit most from working abroad In English: . 
 Gallup: Labor migrants from Central Asia most can improve their financial situation In Russian: . 
 9000 migrants from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in one of the cities of Moscow In Russian: . 
 Only every fifth labor migrant to work legally in the CIS In Russian: . 
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International News
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 Labourists force migrants to learn English In Russian: 
 France withdraw from his neck migrants In Russian: . 
 UN Secretary-General calls on States to protect migrants’ rights In Russian: . 
 Azerbaijan: Migration Rules Mess with Azeri Georgians In English: . 
 On International Migrants Day, human rights experts call for end to criminalization of irregular migration In English: . 
 Rights of Migrants Highlighted on Human Rights Day In English: . 
 Obama to introduce to Congress bills on immigration reform In Russian: . 
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Analytics
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 What we do not know about migrants in Russia are not left out, as it seems In Russian: . 
 From "migrant worker" to the person with the "immigration past» In Russian: . 
 Lonely children of Tajik migrants In Russian: . 
 Guest workers to be offered to come out of the shadows In Russian: . 
 Fate of migrants In Russian: . 
 Illegal migration: Russian laws have become stricter U.S. and EU In Russian: . 
 A.Shustov: Migration as a major challenge to Russia In Russian: . 
 N.Turdyev: 50,000 young Tajiks are involved in labor migration In Russian: . 
 K.Elkeeva: Criminal migrants of Kyrgyzstan - the pursuit of long-term In Russian: . 
 Uzbek expert: Among those who want to leave for permanent residence in Russia, more and more non-Russians In Russian: . 
 On the last Kyrgyz-Russian Congress In Russian: . 
 Why they threaten migrants with broom? In Russian: . 
 Russian regions need of skilled migrants increases In Russian: . 
 President of Women Congress of Kyrgyz Republic Z.Akbagysheva: Kyrgyzstan needs forecasting and planning center to address migration needs In Russian: . 
 Cause of rural migration - the lack of jobs In Russian: . 
 Migrants in Russia: Towards Integration In Russian: . 
 Who are the migrants and how many of them are? In Russian: . 
 Migration as a demographic resource In Russian: . 
 Migration as an economic resource In Russian: . 
 Constant migration between Russia and the CIS and Baltic countries In Russian: . 
 Foreign workers in the labor market of Russia In Russian: . 
 Officials can not share migrants In Russian: . 
 Letters and newspapers to deliver migrants In Russian: . 
 Legal migrants to be twice more In Russian: . 
 G.Faskhutdinov: Tajik children want to become guest workers In Russian: . 
 Y. Levykin: migrants, losers and lazy people to demolish Russian economy In Russian: . 
 Only two of Kyrgyz migrants pass test for knowledge of the Russian language in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Diasporas of migrants want to talk with the authorities on an equal In Russian: . 
 Moscow to double the number of legal migrants In Russian: . 
 Migration service – with no questions In Russian: . 
 Superjob.ru - against workers from Central Asia In Russian: . 
 Do we need individual schools for migrants? In Russian: . 
 Socio-psychological portrait of Moscow Kyrgyz In Russian: . 
 For illegal immigrants want to put employers In Russian: . 
 Who is responsible for migrants? In Russian: . 
 Opposite effect for law exam for migrants In Russian: . 
 Migrants to be snapped up In Russian: . 
 No more foreign traders in our markets? In Russian: . 
 Law on compulsory language proficiency may result outbursts of indiscriminate return migrants In Russian: . 
 Who will help someone else in the other land? Letter of the Chairman of the Fund assistance to migrant workers from Central Asia in St. Petersburg under I.Belousova In Russian: . 
 "MK": How dangerous pilot guest worker In Russian: . 
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Publications
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 New Year's issue of newspaper “Voice of Tajiks”, “Ovozi Tochikistoniho”, â„– 65 In Russian: 
 News on labor migration, December 2012 In Russian: . 
 "Migration XXI Century" Independent News and Analysis Journal, â„– 6 (15), November-December 2012 In Russian: . 
 Migrant Workers Hit By Crises Need Comprehensive, Long Term Help, Says IOM on International Migrants Day 2012 In English: 
 New issue of “Your right. Migration”, â„– 24, December 2012 In Russian: . 
 The State of Environmental Migration 2011 In English: 
 Ratification of the UN Migrant Workers Convention in Europe In English: . 
 News on labor migration, November 2012 In Russian: . 
 Globalizing Social Rights: The International Labour Organization and beyond In English: . 
 New issue of “Your right. Migration”, â„– 23, December 2012 In Russian: . 
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Announcements
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 International Migrants Day In Russian: . 
 Media campaign of International Migrants Day In Russian: . 
 Contest: on International Migrants Day IOM Kyrgyzstan announces photo contest In Russian: . 
 MSc in Migration Studies In English: . 
 Global Day of Action: We Migrate to Live, no more deaths, no more missing people! In English: . 
 Celebration of International Migrants’ Day and 10th Anniversary of IOM Oslo with Migrant Communities In English: . 
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