News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 35
Date: January 25 – February 7, 2013
Kazakhstan
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 Ministry of Labor prepares forecast of labor resources balance for 2013-2017 In Russian: . 
 Demand for highly qualified personnel in Kazakhstan exceeds supply - labor market analysis In Russian: . 
 Youth unemployment down in Astana In Russian: . 
 4000 vacancies in the health system of Kazakhstan today In Russian: . 
 Employment of unemployed in Atyrau In Russian: . 
 66 foreigners in Northern Kazakhstan Oblast held liable for violating immigration laws In Russian: . 
 Almaty discusses issues of employment and timely payment of wages In Russian: . 
 Youth unemployment rate reduced five times in Kazakhstan for the last 10 years - S. Abdenov In Russian: . 
 S. Abdenov: 187,000 people participate in the "Employment-2020" Program In Russian: .  | 
Kyrgyzstan
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 Kyrgyz President, UNHCR discuss mixed migration, emergency preparedness, statelessness and refugees In English: . 
 Social Fund intends to develop new concept of pension security In Russian: . 
 Parliament of Kyrgyzstan insists on creating separate migration ministry In Russian: 
 Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry offers to approve the immigration quota In Russian: . 
 Russia Non-governmental Pension Fund ready to work for migrants from Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Pension allowance is the main problem of Kyrgyz migrants in Russia In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstan leads region in female migrants, report says In English: . 
 Kyrgyz authorities may restrict female migration In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstan: Labor migrants grapple with russian-language requirement In English: . 
 Kyrgyz Diaspora in Russia to have a "hot line" In Russian: . 
 Temir Sariev: Negative trade balance of Kyrgyzstan is covered by remittances and informal economy In Russian: . 
 Ulan Bekmuratov assists in solving everyday problems of internal migrants In Russian: . 
 MPs accuse Migration Department for charging migrants in obtaining work permit In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan in Moscow under triple control In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstanis increasingly migrate to Kamchatka and Sakhalin In Russian: . 
 More than 41,700 unemployed in the south in 2012 In Russian: . 
 Mass emigration of population in Jalal-Abad region In Russian: . 
 Diplomat tells about successful adaptation of Kyrgyz people in Russian Primorye In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz people offered to open a Trade House in Krasnoyarsk In Russian: . 
 Migrants allowed to pay for language tests by installments in in Buryatia In Russian: . 
 In 2012, average monthly salary in Kyrgyzstan amounts to 10,566 KGS, increase of 18.6% In Russian: . 
 26% of Kyrgyz migrants living in Russia concentrated in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Migrant-women from Kyrgyzstan lead in number of abortions and abandoned children In Russian: .  | 
Tajikistan
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 Tajikistan, Russia set to sign migration cooperation agreement in Moscow In Russian: 
 More Tajik minors head to Russia for work In English: . 
 Regional Workshop: The regulation of economic migration In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan to increase number of Russian language training centers for migrants In Russian: . 
 Devonaev: I cannot imagine Tajik society without migration In Russian: . 
 Not the whole volume of remittances sent by migrant workers - Rahimzoda In Russian: . 
 Sumangul Tagoeva: Low level of life force women of Tajikistan to commit crimes and migrate for labor In Russian: . 
 Issues of providing medical aid to Tajik labor migrants discussed in St. Petersburg In Russian: . 
 Migration Service of Tajikistan introduces "black list" of journalists In Russian: . 
 Tajik authorities want to prevent child labor in Russia In English: . 
 Legal support to migrants households headed by women: Everything for children - family needs a roof over their heads In Russian: . 
 "Returnees" join the ranks of migrants and unemployed In Russian: . 
 Newspaper "Ozodagon" intends to sue Migration Service In Russian: . 
 Khujand airport to open "Migrant Corner" In Russian: . 
 Over 5.5 thousand members of the Soghd NDTP are in labor migration In Russian: . 
 About 400 foreigners expelled from Tajikistan last year In Russian: .  | 
Uzbekistan
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 Karimov wakes up to mass emigration of Uzbeks In English: . 
 New standards for diagnosis of tuberculosis for immigrants and refugees of USA to be introduced in Uzbekistan In Russian: or in the attached file: 01. 
 Illegal immigrants from Uzbekistan could not adapt in Jewish Autonomous Oblast In Russian: . 
 Russian language courses to open for migrants from Uzbekistan in February In Russian: . 
 Exhibition shows life of Uzbek migrants in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 New jobs to be created In Russian: .  | 
Russia
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 Putin calls to provide good conditions for labor migrants in Russia In Russian: . 
 FMS receives status of Federal Ministry In Russian: . 
 Deported migrants able to return to Russia after 3 years In Russian: . 
 Migration registration of foreign citizens In Russian: . 
 Quota on migrants left Moscow without wipers In Russian: . 
 Fund to help migrant workers intend to increase their knowledge of the Russian language In Russian: . 
 Free Russian courses in St. Petersburg In Russian: . 
 Half a million of legal migrants immigrated to St. Petersburg in 2012 In Russian: . 
 Migration Service organizes Hotline In Russian: . 
 Russia's population decline forces to attract migrants In Russian: .  | 
Multilateral
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 Yekaterinburg to issue a memo to labor migrants from Central Asia In Russian: . 
 HRW: Labor migrants at Sochi Olympic sites face abuse In Russian: .  | 
International News
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 US may legalize 11 million of immigrants In Russian: . 
 Head of ILO: End of the crisis is still far In Russian: .  | 
Analytics
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 P.Bologov: Gastarbeiterstan. Where Uzbeks disappear? In Russian: . 
 Paradoxes of Russian migration policy In Russian: . 
 Hunters of illegal immigrants to be provided tax incentives In Russian: . 
 Russian language tests for migrants: Has the integration process started? In Russian: . 
 Who needs your profession? - BBC In Russian: . 
 Flood of Central Asian migrants transforms Moscow In English: . 
 Migrants cannot afford to stay in tenement houses in St. Petersburg In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers in Russia are not in a hurry to certify Russian language knowledge In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz entrepreneurs move their shops from MKAD bazars In Russian: . 
 Testing for migrants In Russian: . 
 Monitoring of unemployment and labor market In Russian: . 
 Compulsory insurance of migrant workers In Russian: . 
 International Seminar on economic migration In Russian: . 
 Does Russia need foreign workers? In Russian: .  | 
Publications
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 New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” â„– 3, February 2013 In Russian: . 
 New Issue of “Compatriots” â„– 1, January 2013 In Russian: . 
 "Situation" - "Our People" (audio) In Russian: . 
 IOM Newsletter (January 2013) In Russian: . 
 IOM 15 Years in Armenia. Managing migration for the benefit of all In English: . 
 International Migration, Vol. 51(1) 2013 In English: .  | 
Announcements
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 Addressing youth, employment and migration issues through joint programming In English: . 
 Call for contributions to the United Nations World Youth Report 2013 - Youth Migration and Development In English: . 
 European Commission conference “Exploiting the employment potential of personal and household services” In English: . 
 Migrant Workers and Business: Challenges and Opportunities In English: .  |