News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 51
Date: September 06 – 19, 2013
Kazakhstan
|   To legalize guest workers in Kazakhstan 
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 Procedure for extending the period of stay in Russia was explained to labor migrants from Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 EBRD Delegates discussed the problems of Eurasian continental integration on the "Eurasia 2013" forum in Astana In Russian: . 
 Since the beginning of the year 173,690 people arrived in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 More than 150,000 Chinese nationals arrived in Kazakhstan for three years In Russian: . 
 Cabinet to discuss implementation of program on single-industry towns development In English: . 
 About 23 thousand citizens of the CIS countries migrated to Kazakhstan in 2012 In Russian: . 
 About 600 jobs presented at a job fair in Almaty In Russian: . 
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Kyrgyzstan
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 Government approved the Employment Promotion and regulation of external labor migration Programme till 2020 (text) In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstan again raised the issue of migration in the CIS In Russian: . 
 Offer to create a system of organized labor migration among SCO In Russian: . 
 National Security Committee identified more than 30 fake companies involved in the organization of illegal migration of foreigners In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz Diasporas in Russia appealed to the leadership of the Kyrgyz Republic on an ongoing campaign to combat illegal labor migration In Russian: . 
 Employment rate in Kyrgyzstan is 60% - Ministry of Labor In Russian: . 
 33% of the adult population of Kyzyl-Kiya town went to work in Russia, and their children faint from hunger - City Department of Education In Russian: . 
 Public council for migration to create in Karakol In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz filmmakers making a movie about contemporary issues in the lives of migrants in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Bishkek to discuss the impact of joining the CU on migration In Russian: . 
 Labor Ministry to introduce a "single window" for migrants In Russian: . 
 Issues of pensions payment for migrant workers to be resolved by the state - the Social Fund In Russian: . 
 UNDP is ready to assist the Ministry of Labor, Youth and Migration in the implementation of joint projects In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz Ministry of Labor and the ILO discussed the increase in employment among young people In Russian: . 
 National Security Committee detected a channel for illegal migration In Russian: . 
 Pensions of migrants to discuss with Russia In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz government urged to stand up for migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Ajgul Ryskulova: Families of migrant workers face serious problems In Russian: . 
 TV project dedicated to Kyrgyz migrants in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Main flow of migrants observed in the south of Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Memo in Kyrgyz issued for workers in the Kaluga region of Russia In Russian: . 
 About 4 million unemployed registered in Talas In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz cinemas filmed in Russia a feature film about migrant’s love In Russian: . 
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Tajikistan
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 Chairman of the national part of the SCO Tajikistan "SCO countries should pay special attention to labor migration" In Russian: . 
 Migrants from Tajikistan would be able to vote in the presidential elections abroad In Russian: . 
 Opposition intends to defend the rights of migrants in support of candidates In Russian: . 
 SDPT Leader requests the participation of migrant workers to collect signatures In Russian: . 
 About 610 thousand people left Tajikistan for work for the first eight months In Russian: . 
 ORST demands to ensure the participation of migrant workers in petition In Russian: . 
 Yekaterinburg's rights activists intend to protect the Tajik labor migrants In Russian: . 
 About 39,000 people in Tajikistan were officially registered as unemployed in Jan-Aug 2013 In Russian: . 
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Uzbekistan
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 Kazakh border guards detained about 120 illegal immigrants from Uzbekistan In Russian: . 
 Uzbekistan ranks first in the number of migrants in Bashkortostan In Russian: . 
 Problems of providing employment discussed In Russian: . 
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Russia
|   UN: Russia is the second in highest number of foreign workers
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 Migrants would be obliged to open a bank account In Russian: . 
 Hostility towards migrants among Russians is growing In Russian: . 
 Newcomers from the provinces to replace labor migrants in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Prepare Violations quotas for Migrants In Russian: . 
 200 words about migrants and Russia (video) In Russian: . 
 St. Petersburg: Volunteers helping migrants are looking for translators In Russian: . 
 Migration Code of the Russian Federation would be prepared no earlier than 2015 In Russian: . 
 Duma is offering to target flows of migrants from Moscow to other regions In Russian: . 
 Remittances are not dangerous for Russian economy In Russian: . 
 Migrants may be required to have at least 36 thousand rubles at the entrance to the Russian Federation In Russian: . 
 More than 250 million migrant workers can lose their jobs in Russia In Russian: . 
 Migrants can legally work in the Russian Federation even without amnesty, said the head of the Federal Migration Service In Russian: . 
 Memo on employment issued for metropolitan workers In Russian: . 
 St.Petersburg hosts the G20 Summit In English: . 
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Multilateral
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 Number of immigrants in the U.S. increased by 447 thousand due to Asians In Russian: . 
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International News
|   World Migration
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 Decisive action on jobs needed at G20, says ILO In English: . 
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Analytics
|   Subject on Migrants in Russian politics
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 Migrant’s Lexicon, or a certificate for 780 learned Russian words In Russian: . 
 Sergei Abashin: Migration and Religion would be the center of the new political and discursive configurations around the world In Russian: . 
 The heirs of the land In Russian: . 
 Who and how to dispose of the voices of migrant workers in the elections in Tajikistan? In Russian: . 
 "Remote" migration center in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Generation of 90’s would not please the labor market In Russian: . 
 Without nationalism In Russian: . 
 Come in large numbers. Culture on xenophobia In Russian: . 
 It is bad with immigrants, without migrants - no way? In Russian: . 
 The pre-election nonsense In Russian: . 
 Negative effects of migration for Kyrgyzstan - the "brain drain" and "washed out" of labor force - study In Russian: . 
 Russia: we are not against migrants from Central Asia, but it should be according to the law (photos) In Russian: . 
 Russia's War on Foreigners In English: . 
 Russians consider the migration of Chinese people "expansion" In Russian: . 
 Semen Baghdasarov:, if Tajikistan survives on migrants, where it takes money for Russian teachers? In Russian: . 
 At the tip of the migration In Russian: . 
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Publications
|   New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” â„– 18, September 2013
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 World Migration Report 2013 – Migrant Well-being and Development In English: . 
 International Migration, Vol. 51(5) 2013 In English: . 
 News on Labor migration, August 2013 In Russian: . 
 New Issue of “Compatriots” #9, September 2013 In Russian: . 
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Announcements
|   A Roundtable on Environment and Migration
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