News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 37
Date: February 22 – March 7, 2013
Kazakhstan
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 Illegal migration threatens Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Kazak Labor Bill Sidelines Independent Trade Unions In English: . 
 Negative balance of migration for all flows in NKP In Russian: . 
 Migration in Kazakhstan (IOM Interview) In Russian: . 
 Quota set for foreign labor in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2013 In Russian: . 
 Labor migration processes should have a clear legal basis - N.Nigmatulin In Russian: . 
 About 30 thousand people in Zhambyl region get employed by employment program In Russian: . 
 Unemployment rate in Pavlodar region decreases to 4.9 percent In Russian: . 
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Kyrgyzstan
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 Growth of foreign labor migration from Kyrgyzstan to continue for five years more In Russian: . 
 A database of young professionals from Kyrgyzstan to be created in Russia In Russian: . 
 Nurbek Omurov: Profession protects women labor migrants In Russian: . 
 Law Academy raises migration issues of Kyrgyz citizens In Russian: . 
 Orenburg Kyrgyz people became a consultant for future migrants In Russian: . 
 Deputy considers the children of labor migrants as lost generation In Russian: . 
 Advocacy Center continues to create action groups among internal migrants In Russian: . 
 Information campaign on the prevention of human trafficking within the project "Twenty-fifth cadre" with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) of the Kyrgyz Republic for the USAID funds In Russian: . 
 Deputies of JK propose to limit travel abroad for Kyrgyz women under the age of 23 years In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz militia men trained in Moscow to work with migrants In Russian: . 
 Over 516,000 people from Kyrgyzstan enter Russia in 2012 for a variety of purposes In Russian: . 
 Bishkek to discuss the problems of migrant workers and the regulation of foreign trade in the conditions of EAC In Russian: . 
 Tynaev: Legal employment of Kyrgyz abroad is possible In Russian: . 
 Legal illiteracy is cause of troubles of labor migrants In Russian: . 
 Noordin Tynaev: "Kyrgyz people to be able to work in Saudi Arabia" (video) In Russian: . 
 The minimum wage, for which Kyrgyz in Russia agree to work, is 20 thousand rubles - Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Russian Federation In Russian: or here: 01. 
 Noordin Tynaev: Migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan did not take exam on Russian in Russia In Russian: . 
 More than 60,000 unemployed in Kyrgyzstan according registration In Russian: . 
 90% of Kyrgyz migrant workers in South Korea - men In Russian: . 
 Each year, about 700 thousand Kyrgyz go abroad to work In Russian: . 
 More than 557,000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan went to Russia in 2012 In Russian: . 
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Tajikistan
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 Migration Service of Tajikistan reveals illegal migrants in Dushanbe In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan: where the money of labor migrants In Russian: . 
 Before a trip to Russia Tajiks have to learn 800 Russian words In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan: Migrant Laborers Dying to Work in Russia In English: . 
 Sebelev: All migrant workers have to pass test on Russian language with the lapse of time In Russian: . 
 At the moment 400,000 illegal Tajik in Russia In Russian: . 
 Tajik Communist leader considers Russian MPs’ idea to introduce visa requirements absurd In Russian: . 
 About 1.9 thousand people get employed in Tajikistan in January In Russian: . 
 38,000 Tajik nationals barred from returning to Russia In Russian: . 
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Uzbekistan
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 Uzbek women buy Kyrgyz passports to travel abroad - deputy Kadyraliev In Russian: . 
 Uzbek labor migrants "made" in Russia $ 6 billion In Russian: . 
 Cotton exporters using child labor In English: . 
 Increasing employment In Russian: . 
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Russia
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 Migration Service of the Russian Federation in Russia counted 3.3 million illegal migrants: most Uzbeks (0.9 million), Ukrainians (0.5 million) and Tajiks (0.4 million) In Russian: . 
 Migrants failed tests of Russian language cannot work in the service sector in Russia In Russian: . 
 Moscow founds an organization assisting migrants In Russian: . 
 FMS: Russia annually needs 300 thousand labor migrants In Russian: . 
 MPs to discuss the introduction of visas for citizens of Central Asia In Russian: . 
 Immigration patrols starting daily duty in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Each second labor migrant works illegally in Moscow In Russian: . 
 FMS of Russia against introduction of visa regime with CIS countries In Russian: . 
 FMS: Russia to join the International Organization of Migration In Russian: . 
 Migrant cards to be issued for migrant workers and to limit daily expenses In Russian: . 
 According to FMS three million illegal migrants in Russia In Russian: . 
 About 250,000 illegal migrants work in St. Petersburg In Russian: . 
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Multilateral
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 Belarus opens its labor market to workers from Central Asia In Russian: . 
 CIS experts to discuss issues of labor migration and social protection In Russian: . 
 Turkey becomes an alternative to Russia for migrant workers from Central Asia In Russian: . 
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International News
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 Unemployment rate in Spain exceeds 5 million people In Russian: . 
 U.S. prison releases 2000 illegal migrants In Russian: . 
 The International Organization for Migration helped over the year to 278 victims of human trafficking In Russian: . 
 Diverse, Innovative Approaches Are Needed To Ensure Safe Migration for Women and Girls In English: . 
 Britain to tighten immigration laws In Russian: . 
 Development of green economy to create another 60 million jobs In Russian: . 
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Analytics
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 Several million of "illegals" in Russia, most of them - from Uzbekistan In Russian: . 
 Migrant Moscow through the eyes of reporter In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz human rights activist: An Introduction of visa regime to Russia increase unemployment in Central Asia In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz expert: Possibility of introducing visas to Russia for migrants from Central Asia is unlikely In Russian: . 
 Migrants to be asked to show external passport In Russian: . 
 Moscowites and migrant workers’ wages to equalize In Russian: . 
 Online Duel | Aliens: export migrants outside of Moscow? In Russian: . 
 International migration in Russia: dynamics, politics, weather In Russian: . 
 Travel ban on ... Uzbek migrants In Russian: . 
 S. Novak: From China to the construction site with a "fake" diploma. Chinese migrants actively exploring West Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 D.Zhuravlev: Labour migration - brake or engine? In Russian: . 
 I need your ear flaps and balalaika In Russian: . 
 How many migrant workers in Russia? In Russian: . 
 All Uzbeks remain in Sochi, really? In Russian: . 
 Migration accounting. Russia - the country with the most favorable conditions for the transfer of migrant workers earn to home In Russian: . 
 Love in a foreign city. What is the happiness of migrants in Moscow (photo) In Russian: . 
 S. Gadoev: Tajikistan in migration. Equation with many unknowns In Russian: . 
 D. Trilling: Kyrgyzstan may prevent young women from traveling abroad In Russian: . 
 Scientists demand an ombudsman for migrants In Russian: . 
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Publications
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 New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” â„– 5, March 2013 In Russian: . 
 New Issue of “Compatriots” â„– 2, February 2013 In Russian: . 
 "Migration XXI Century" Independent News and Analysis Journal, â„– 7 (16), January-February 2013 In Russian: . 
 Perspectives on Labor Economics for Development In English: . 
 Job Center of citizens (RF) (KYR) In Russian: . 
 IOM Tajikistan Newsletter (October-December 2012) In English: . 
 Gender aspects of labor migration in the Republic of Kazakhstan: appraisal In Russian: . 
 Papers of the round table: Issues of the voluntary medical insurance of CIS country citizens. International Experience and Russian legislation. Development perspectives of Russian market of medical insurances In Russian: . 
 Migration Policy Practice (Volume III, Number 1, February-March 2013) In English: . 
 IOM and the 2013 UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development In English: . 
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Announcements
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 Competition for small grants within the "Prevention of HIV among migrant workers and their families in Tajikistan" In Russian: . 
 Plural+ Youth Video Festival In English: . 
 Invitation to photographers and artists to participate in the competition on youth migration In Russian: . 
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