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American University of Central Asia - 69ɫ - News Digest No 20

NEWS DIGEST ON MIGRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA NO 20

 

Date: June 29 – July 5, 2012

Kazakhstan

 

Kazakhstan’s president criticizes Ministry of Labor and governors’ work in implementation of Employment - 2020 Program

In Russian: .

 

Society of universal labor should be created in Kazakhstan - N. Nazarbayev

In Russian: .

 

Foreigners residing in Kazakhstan fear that their children do not receive IIN

In Russian: .

 

“Nur Otan” holds public hearings on Employment – 2020 Program implementation in Kachirsky of Pavlodar oblast

In Russian: .

 

Over five thousand jobs to be created in Almaty – City Mayor A. Esimov

In Russian: .

 

Student construction and youth team rally starts work semester in Pavlodar

In Russian: .

 

In June subsistence minimum rose to 17,188 tenge in Kazakhstan

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyzstan

 

Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry considers it appropriate to determine immigration quota at 1337 persons for 2012

In Russian: .

 

Moscow cuts off free treatment quota for Kyrgyz citizens

In Russian: .

 

O. Babanov discussed issues on pension contributions with representatives of the Kyrgyz Diaspora in Astana

In Russian: or here.

 

Omurbek Babanov: “Kyrgyzstan is interested in implementing a program similar to the “Employment Map” in East Kazakhstan oblast”

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KR Social Fund registers 63,000 migrants working abroad

In Russian: .

 

Omurbek Tekebayev: “Dual citizenship agreement with Russia would be a powerful impetus to integration”

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Representatives of the Kyrgyz Diaspora in Astana complain to Prime Minister O.Babanov about the absence of direct air/rail routes to Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyz Club proposes to establish a Day of Kyrgyzstan abroad

In Russian: .

 

There are many successful Kyrgyzstanis in the U.S.– President of the International Association of Kyrgyzstanis “Kyrgyz Club”

In Russian: or here.

 

Lydia Imanalieva: “Many of our compatriots occupy senior positions in international organizations”

In Russian: .

 

Kyrgyzstan Culture Days to be held in Moscow

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Eighteen Kyrgyz people smuggled to Chechnya are returned to their homeland

In Russian: .

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs helps a Kyrgyz citizen return to his homeland

In Russian: .

 

Tajikistan

 

Workshop at the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection with the Chief of Migration Service of the Republic of Tajikistan

In Russian: .

 

Tajikistan’s Migration Service holds job fair

In Russian: .

 

Visa regime may oblige the receiving country to provide a migrant with good working conditions, quality of life and timely payment of wages

In Russian: .

 

Ruling party in Tajikistan NDPT continues campaign in Russia

In Russian: .

 

Moscow doctors, descendants from Tajikistan, decide to unite to help migrants

In Russian: .

 

Two “youth” projects launched in the north of Tajikistan

In Russian: .

 

Day of National Unity and Harmony marked in the south of Russia

In Russian: .

 

Migrants returned their salaries

In Russian: .

 

Uzbekistan

 

Meeting with staff of the Uzbek Embassy in Russia

In Russian: .

 

Increase in HIV/AIDS expected among migrant workers - Uzbek experts

In Russian: or here.

 

Employers’ rights are under law protection

In Russian: .

 

Number of young professionals increases

In Russian: .

 

Certificates issued for young entrepreneurs

In Russian: .

 

Doing business with a diploma

In Russian: .

 

Russia

 

Russia’s Labor Ministry suggests including labor migrants in retirement system

In Russian: .

 

FMS plans to increase charge for violation of registration rules

In Russian: .

 

FMS suggests increasing ban on entry to up to 10 years for foreigners in the RF who violated immigration laws

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Administrative responsibility of employers and foreign employees for violation of immigration laws in the RF territory

In Russian: .

 

Migrants and those unhappy with migrants complain to the Ombudsman

In Russian: .

 

Concessions to Gastarbeiter

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Migrants working in housing utility services and trade to take Russian language test

In Russian: .

 

Russia has the highest number of illegal migrants

In Russian: .

 

Post offices receive immigration documents

In Russian: .

 

Transbaikal waits for miners, doctors and teachers

In Russian: .

 

Salary of migrants in St. Petersburg to range from 15 to 25 thousand rubles next year

In Russian: .

 

Multilateral

 

Main human rights activists of Kyrgyzstan and Russia agree on cooperation

In Russian: .

 

Remittances to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have slowed

In English: .

 

The influx of people from Central Asia to Tatarstan increases

In Russian: .

 

International News

 

OECD counts migrants

In Russian: .

 

Analytics

 

Only 13% have the right to work out of more than 9.5 million foreigners living in Russia

In Russian: .

 

T. Kuan: Democracy in square. Kazakhstan launches “Affordable Housing – 2020” Program

In Russian: .

 

America is not a mother

In Russian: .

 

Taxi driving is dangerous for migrants

In Russian: .

 

Millions of migrant workers do not pay taxes. And then get upset ...

In Russian: .

 

How to protect honor, pride, patriotism and love?

In Russian: .

 

New book by Larisa Parshina to help migrants learn Russian language

In Russian: .

 

Let us build camps for migrants

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Publications

 

New issue of “Your right. Migration” № 13, July 2012 published

In Russian: .

 

Global Migration Issues, Vol. 1 - Global Perspectives on Migration and Development (GFMD Puerto Vallarta and Beyond)

In English: .

 

IOM's International Migration Law Unit

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News on labor migration, May 2012

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Announcements

 

Invitation to the 1st Forum of Compatriots “Mekendeshter”

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II International Forum of Rural Youth “Development of agribusiness and rural areas in compliance with WTO requirements” announces call for applications

In Russian: .

 

Call for applications: Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases, ITC-ILO, Italy

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