News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 53
Date: October 04 – October 17, 2013
Kazakhstan
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 Senate approves amendments to the legislation on labor migration in the first reading In Russian: . 
 Kazakhstan is considering the abolition of quotas for oralmans In Russian: . 
 More than 1,500 foreigners were working illegally in Astana In Russian: . 
 Head of the Statistics Agency explained the negative balance of migration In Russian: . 
 Idrisov is confident that Russia would not introduce a visa regime for citizens of Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Number of people employed in the labor market in Kazakhstan is growing In Russian: . 
 Togzhan Kizatova: "Migrants even without these changes en masse work illegally, at the same time feeding an army of officials, especially from the security forces' In Russian: . 
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Kyrgyzstan
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 Experts made recommendations to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on solution issues of labor migration In Russian: . 
 Head of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Youth of KR and Head of the Federal Migration Service of the RF discussed the problems of migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Parliament of Kyrgyzstan got advice to tighten the penalties for transporting illegal immigrants In Russian: . 
 From the rostrum of the UN Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration of Kyrgyzstan called on to solve the problem of forced labor migrants In Russian: . 
 About migration processes in Kyrgyzstan told at the meeting of the OSCE ODIHR on Human Dimension in Warsaw In Russian: . 
 Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration of Kyrgyzstan in the UN headquarters spoke on the country's immigration policy In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstan's entry into the Customs Union would bring Kyrgyz migrants to a new level - legal In Russian: . 
 Migrants going to Russia would be advised at the airports In Russian: . 
 FMS and Rossotrudnichestvo would test migrants on Russian together In Russian: . 
 Half of the respondents of Kyrgyz labor migrants evaluate their earnings as low In Russian: . 
 3 years Kyrgyzstan without concept on foreign migration In Russian: . 
 Estimated unemployment in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Servey: Foreign labor migration is getting younger In Russian: . 
 83.6% of Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia are working out of their field- research In Russian: . 
 More than 88.2% of Kyrgyz migrant workers prefer to work in Russia legally In Russian: . 
 About 90% of Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia intend to return home In Russian: . 
 Almost 40% of migrant workers do not make out the registration documents upon arrival in Russia - poll In Russian: . 
 Continuation of the movie "Ayat" presented in Bishkek, a story, this time about the life of migrants In Russian: . 
 Feasibility of introducing a migration cards for citizens of neighboring countries discussing in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstan intends to introduce immigration cards for migrant workers from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan In Russian: . 
 Government approved the provision of "single window" for migrant workers for Russia: nongovernmental pension fund to issue pension cards In Russian: . 
 Border Service of Kyrgyzstan considers the introduction of migration cards is costly In Russian: . 
 Almazbek Atambaev urged the youth to migrate educated In Russian: . 
 MP does not believe in introducing a moratorium by Russia on remittances In Russian: . 
 External labor migration of Kyrgyz peoples has gained widespread since 2000 In Russian: . 
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Tajikistan
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 Tajik citizens would have the right to work in Russia for 3 years In Russian: . 
 Devonaev and Romodanovskiy discussed issues concerning labor migration In Russian: . 
 Dushanbe and Moscow in October may withdraw obstacles on terms of labor migrants In Russian: . 
 Officer of Tajik Migration Service Representative in the Russian Federation impeded the spread of the newspaper "Tajiks of Russia" in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Russia starting to consider ratification of the agreement on the order of stay of citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan In Russian: . 
 CEC of Tajikistan stated that the number of migrants with the right to vote, less than 1 million In Russian: . 
 Tajik MPs meet with migrant workers in St. Petersburg In Russian: . 
 372 residents of Khatlon deported from foreign countries this year In Russian: . 
 1620 job places created in Shuroabad In Russian: . 
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Uzbekistan
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 Jobs for Youth In Russian: . 
 Youth employment - in the center of constant attention In Russian: . 
 Increased job security in Uzbekistan In Russian: . 
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Russia
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 President of the Russian Federation: migrants should respect the laws, language, culture and traditions of the Russia In Russian: . 
 State Duma is prompted to enter work visas for migrant workers In Russian: . 
 The proposal of the Russian Federation to deprive workers from jobs in the field of trade requires a detailed study - the UN Special Rapporteur In Russian: . 
 Putin believes that the visa regime may deter Russia CIS partners In Russian: . 
 Medvedev: We should not allow the creation of ethnic enclaves of migrants In Russian: . 
 Rafik Saifulin: Political gamble with migrants - minus for Eurasian initiatives of Moscow In Russian: . 
 Expert: Russia’s tightening immigration laws related to the expansion of the Customs Union In Russian: . 
 Sergei Abashin: No one in Russia will radically change the situation in the area of migration In Russian: . 
 Maxim Kaznacheev: Tightening the law on migration in Russia aggravates the social situation in Central Asia In Russian: . 
 3.5 million migrants got legal status for three years in Russia In Russian: . 
 State Duma of Russia initiated a moratorium on remittances to the countries of Central Asia In Russian: . 
 Illegal migration in Russia In Russian: . 
 Zhirinovsky offered to abandon the labor migrants for three years and introduce the institution of "rigid registration" In Russian: . 
 Head of the Federal Migration Service sees no point in talking about visas for visitors from the CIS In Russian: . 
 FMS hopes that workers soon would visit Russia on foreign passports In Russian: . 
 Russia: Detention of 1,200 migrants 'discriminatory and unlawful' In English: . 
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Multilateral
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 CIS experts to discuss cooperation in the field of labor and migration In Russian: . 
 CSTO proposes to create a single database of offenders of immigration legislation In Russian: . 
 Migration services of the CSTO countries have identified financial transactions on 7 billion rubles In Russian: . 
 International Labor Organization launched a project on CIS youth employment In Russian: . 
 Labor migration: it is a problem in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - "Voice of Asia" In Russian: . 
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International News
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 Ban Ki-moon called on to defend the rights of migrants In Russian: . 
 UK to complicate the lives of illegal immigrants In Russian: . 
 EU get offered to create a service to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea In Russian: . 
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Analytics
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 Tajik Presidential Hopefuls Struggle without Support of Migrant Workers In English: . 
 There are no Illegal migrants in Russia In Russian: 
 RA": Would the Tajik migrants have their say in the election? In Russian: . 
 Russian Ambassador in Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov: "The situation of Tajik labor migrants in Russia would improve" In Russian: . 
 31% of GDP in Kyrgyzstan is the remittances of migrants In Russian: . 
 Are the children of migrant workers pity? In Russian: . 
 What is the real unemployment rate in Kyrgyzstan? In Russian: 
 Kazakhstan wants to legalize all migrant workers and tax them In Russian: . 
 Putin called for the expulsion of migrant workers migrant workers from Russia’s Trade In Russian: . 
 Liberal Democratic Party proposed to ban migrants transfer money from Russia In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers are going to give money to the private Russian Pension Fund In Russian: . 
 "Migration policy in Russia have made a profitable business" In Russian: . 
 Expert: From moratorium on transfers of migrants suffer Russians In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstan intends to strengthen immigration controls In Russian: . 
 Expert: Migration issues should be solved in Russia by not populist, but real measures In Russian: . 
 "The mood of the week. Zharkynay Kuwat. Migrants, fascism, or what would prevent Romm” In Russian: . 
 Russia - a successful policy on running population on Fascist lines In Russian: . 
 Experts: every ten Muscovite ready to take in migrants In Russian: . 
 Migration to the detriment of the budget In Russian: . 
 Concentration of migrants reduces the price of housing by 10-15%, experts say In Russian: . 
 Whether Russia live without cheap labor migration In Russian: . 
 B.Shakuev: Labor army. The migration flow to Russia – how it is fraught for Central Asia? In Russian: . 
 Guest workers in Kazakhstan would be obliged to buy the patent In Russian: . 
 Marketable migrant. Win in illegal migration in Russia is not so much impossible as unprofitable. In Russian: . 
 Symbol of order. What actually give visas to migrants from Central Asia In Russian: . 
 Russia. Contempt for the migrants as a personal complex In Russian: . 
 Why do people leave Kazakhstan? In Russian: . 
 Political analyst Mamyrayymov: Because of the new law on labor migration simple Kazakh people may be on the verge of survival In Russian: . 
 A.Serikov: Migration - a conversation in favor of the rich In Russian: . 
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Publications
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 Newsletter #3 - September 2013 In English: . 
 Labor Migration: Trends, Policy and Statistics In Russian: . 
 Migration and Health in the European Union In English: . 
 IOM Migration Research Activities 2012–2013 In English: . 
 Practical guide on the legal relations involving foreign citizens in the area of labor migration In Russian: . 
 New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” # 20, October 2013 In Russian: . 
 "Migration XXI Century" Independent News and Analysis Journal, â„– 3 (18), July-August 2013 In Russian: . 
 New Issue of “Compatriots” # 10, October 2013 In Russian: . 
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Announcements
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 Seminar on immigration to be held in New York In Russian: . 
 Program Officer In English: . 
 Vacancy announcement for the position of Lawyer for “Protection and promotion of external migrants rights from Kyrgyzstan” Project In Russian: . 
 Seminar on "Illegal migration and international cooperation in the fight against organized crime" In Russian: . 
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