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Date: September 1 – 30, 2012
Kazakhstan
Majilis approves ratification of ILO Convention on equality of men and women In Russian: .
South Korea and Kazakhstan sign agreement on temporary employment In Russian: .
New head appointed for the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection In Russian: .
China asks Kazakhstan to facilitate visa rules for workers In English: .
UN official points at bureaucratic problems in registration of migrant workers in Kazakhstan In Russian: .
Ministry of Labor and Social Protection holds presentation of employment map in regions In Russian: .
President of RK: Proficiency testing will be the first step to a decent employment In Russian: .
532 unemployed women pass advanced training and education in in-demand professions - results of a social project In Russian: .
Most notorious salary defaulters in Kazakhstan In Russian: .
Astana vacancies posted at are attractive for Russians, Americans and Chinese In Russian: .
The average wage in Kazakhstan in July is $ 712 In Russian: or here.
Regional conference of oralmans in Aktobe In Russian: .
Oralmans can keep their status in spite citizenship obtained In Russian: or here.
Astana to host job fair In Russian: .
Job Fair in Almaty In Russian: .
More than 100 foreigners get punished in the process of overnight operation "Illegal" in Karaganda region In Russian: .
133 illegal migrants detained in Mangistau region In Russian: or here. |
Kyrgyzstan
Parliamentary committee approves a draft agreement with the Russian government aimed at strengthening of migrants rights In Russian: or here.
Russia's new ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Andrey Krutko intends to contribute in strengthening ties with Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia In Russian: .
Russia and Kyrgyzstan to sign a readmission agreement in early October In Russian: .
Ambassador of KR to Kazakhstan E.Omuraliev meets with IOM coordinator for Central Asia In Russian: or here.
Parliament is considering migration issues behind closed doors to the press In Russian: .
Jantoro Satybaldiev intends to delegate migration issues to a separate agency In Russian: .
Deputies of Parliament concerned about the increasing of Chinese citizens working in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: .
New Consular General appointed for Yekaterinburg In Russian: .
Migrants' rights to be discussed at the International Festival of Documentary Films "Bir Duino - Kyrgyzstan" In Russian: .
Kyrgyz workers earn highest salaries in Bishkek In English: .
Up to 30% of the working population of Kyrgyzstan works abroad In Russian: .
Kyrgyz citizens increasingly inslaved in Almaty In Russian: .
Role of remittances and their impact on the migrants’ countries of origin discussed in Issyk-Kul In Russian: or here.
National banks of 9 countries to develop money transfer system for Kyrgyzstan In Russian: .
Experts from the European Union holds training on combatting illegal migration and human trafficking for Kyrgyz border guards In Russian: .
Kyrgyz Parliament offers to separate Migration Department from Ministry of Foreign Affairs In Russian: .
Temir Sariev: "Stability of the national currency only because of remittances" In Russian: .
Kyrgyz Diaspora in Pakistan tells MP about their lives In Russian: .
Kyrgyz migrants send home $860M in 1H 2012 In English: .
More than 7000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan work and live in UAE In Russian: .
Salaries in Kyrgyzstan rise to 10.5 thousand soms In Russian: .
Kyrgyz migrants declare about assault and battery in Kazakhstan In Russian: .
About 70% of Kyrgyz people suffered in Shymkent market fire settle down in new locations - MFA In Russian: .
Abandoned by parents in Russia up to 30 children have to be repatriated to Kyrgyzstan In Russian: .
Department of International Migration launches website In Russian: .
Conference on "Migrants remittances: accuracy and benefit" held in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: .
Capital of Kyrgyzstan to show a video-film about migrants’ problems within the "Football and I - against violence!" movement In Russian: .
MP M.Sabirov offers to reduce visa issuance duration for foreigners from 10 to 5 days In Russian: or here.
K.Talieva: Because of tense inflow of migrants coming to big cities we have problem of maternal and child mortality In Russian: or here.
Consulate General of Kazakhstan opens in Osh In Russian: .
High salaries in southern Kyrgyzstan attract construction workers In Russian: .
Legal migrant workers in Russia may send transfers to the Social Fund of KR In Russian: .
Leaflets with phone numbers to be given to Kyrgyz citizens traveling by train In Russian: .
Internal migrants to be examined for TB In Russian: .
Askarbek Beshimov: More than 60 thousand citizens of Kyrgyzstan work in Kazakhstan, 30,000 of them sell in markets In Russian: .
MP urges colleagues to watch film about Kyrgyz migrants behind closed doors In Russian: .
Kyrgyz Association in UAE offers to open Public Supervisory Board and the Cultural Center under the Consulate General of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UAE In Russian: .
IOM Regional Director for Central Asia visits Kyrgyzstan In Russian: .
Kyrgyzstan and the IOM to continue constructive cooperation In Russian: .
Kyrgyzstan conducts study on the future of migration after the country's accession to the Customs Union In Russian: .
Almaty to examine Kyrgyz labor migrants for HIV and TB In Russian: .
Consulate General of Kyrgyzstan in Kazakhstan discusses problems of migrant workers In Russian: .
Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry closes the Northern division of International Migration Department because of its leader’s arrest In Russian: .
Pensioners to account for 24% of Kyrgyz population by 2050 In English: .
Migrants in Canada ask the Ombudsman to legalize dual citizenship In Russian: .
Consular Department launches hotline In Russian: .
"Zamandash" Association and Kyrgyz Diaspora organization in the United States "Kyrgyz Salam" to cooperate In Russian: .
76 Kyrgyz citizens in Moscow awaiting deportation In Russian: .
Kyrgyz Club organizes in New York gala evening dedicated to the Independence Day of Kyrgyzstan In Russian: or here.
Kyrgyz Club in UAE holds a special event in honor of Independence Day of Kyrgyzstan In Russian: .
A collection of poetry by Kyrgyz migrants in Russia published in Moscow In Russian: .
Culture Days of Kyrgyzstan to be held in Moscow In Russian: .
"Mekenim Kyrgyzstan" to be featured in compact resident places of Kyrgyz people in Russia In Russian: .
Chicago to host Football Tournament among Kyrgyz Diaspora In Russian: .
"Russkoe Dostoyanie" in Kyrgyzstan to teach future migrants Russian language In Russian: . |
Tajikistan
Labor migration issues discussed in Dushanbe In Russian: .
“Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Human Beings” National Training held in Dushanbe In Russian: .
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and the World Bank discuss migration issues In Russian: .
Representation of Tajik Migration Service in Russia to facilitate employment of migrants In Russian: .
Issues of Chinese migrants in Tajikistan discussed in Dushanbe In Russian: .
Migration Service intends to employ Tajik migrants in South Korea In Russian: .
Migration Service head continues tour in Russia In Russian: .
S.Devonaev visits Republic of Bashkortostan In Russian: .
Leaders of NDTP invigorate propagandistic activities among Tajik labor migrants In Russian: .
Migration Service representative gets to know work conditions of labor migrants in Sochi In Russian: .
ADB forecasts growth in Tajikistan for 2012 due to high remittances In Russian: .
Jobs are a cornerstone of development, says World Development Report 2013 In English: .
St. Petersburg offers work to Tajik labor migrants In Russian: .
Representatives of the "Sozandagoni Watan" meet with Tajik migrants in Novosibirsk In Russian: .
National database of job vacancies to be created In Russian: .
The average salary in Kulob for the first time breaks the barrier of 100$ In Russian: .
Moscow to host Quran recitation competition among Tajik migrants In Russian: .
OSCE/ODIHR highlights challenges for women from migrant households in Tajikistan In Russian: .
Imdod Committee head holds talks with Tajik Minister of Labor and Social Protection In Russian: .
Online radio for Tajik migrants goes on air In Russian: .
Tajikistan to train migrants for Belarus labor market needs In Russian: .
German scientist: People in Tajikistan are more concerned about unemployment than the national identity In Russian: .
S.Devonaev visits St. Petersburg In Russian: .
Celebration of the Independence of Tajikistan Republic in Yekaterinburg In Russian: .
Celebrating Independence Day in Novosibirsk In Russian: .
Tajikistan must find its own way for seeking solution to labor migration problems In Russian: .
National conference on labor migration In Russian: .
Sogd residents to have consultations on entry rules to Russia In Russian: .
Ural cannot do without Tajik migrants In Russian: .
100 residents of Tursunzoda return home in coffins from Russia in Jan-Aug this year In Russian: .
Tajik migrant workers detained for the attack on police in Moscow In Russian: .
Shuvalov to discuss issues of military base presence and labor migration in Dushanbe In Russian: .
Tajikistan threatened by illegal migration from Afghanistan In Russian: .
The unemployment rate in RT is at 2.6% In Russian: .
More than 182 thousand people leave northern Tajikistan this year to work abroad In Russian: .
Migrants from Tajikistan ask to introduce a visa regime with Russia In Russian: .
Tajik businessman in Russia builds a school for $ 1 million in Farkhor In Russian: .
Labor migrants from Tajikistan are employed in Belarus In Russian: .
Implementation of the project on Safe Work In Russian: .
Khatlon has held 210 job fairs In Russian: .
Five Tajik workers die in Russian refinery fire In English: . |
Uzbekistan
Opportunities for Entrepreneurs In Russian: .
Celebration of Independence Day of Uzbekistan in New York In Russian: or here.
Uzbek farmers forced to soak up labor In English: .
Convenience for entrepreneurs In Russian: .
Minimum wage in Uzbekistan at the level of First Rate by uniform rate In Russian: or here.
610,000 unemployed registered in Uzbekistan In Russian: .
Tashkent opens new vocational training center for unemployed In Russian: or here.
Entrepreneurs create new jobs In Russian: .
Remittances from Russia to Uzbekistan increase by 16% in the 2nd quarter In Russian: or here.
Uzbek cotton farms stick to manual labor In English: .
Job Fairs In Russian: .
In defense of entrepreneurs’ interests In Russian: .
Turkey tightens the entry rules for Uzbeks In Russian: .
Renewed calls for global boycott of Uzbek cotton In English: .
Uzbekistan breaks promise on ending child labor in cotton fields In English: .
Half of migrant workers come from Uzbekistan to Tula In Russian: . |
Russia
Russia reveals Action Plan on implementation the Concept of State Migration Policy In Russian: .
Migration Policy Concept of the RF 2025 represents importance for all entities of the Federation In Russian: .
Ministry of Labor intends to toughen rules for migrants’ employers In Russian: .
Lutkovskaya signs a cooperation agreement with the International Organization for Migration In Russian: .
Exam for migrants to be introduced in 2013 In Russian: .
Schools open special groups for migrant children with poor knowledge of Russian language In Russian: .
FSOB supports cancelling penalties for migrants being deported out of Russia In Russian: .
Alexander Abrosimov: "The situation with the migration has to be changed by economic methods" In Russian: .
Stickers in public transportation to teach Russian language to labor migrants In Russian: .
Deputies propose to raise fine for breaching entry regulations In Russian: .
Sakhalin authorities halve migration quota for foreign workers In Russian: .
FMS detects 400 Uzbeks and Tajiks in LG factory of Podmoskovye In Russian: .
Russian language courses for migrant workers open in Department of Russia’s FMS in Novosibirsk oblast In Russian: .
Legislation regarding illegal migrants might be toughened In Russian: .
Moscow mayor notes unwillingness of Moscowites to take the jobs of migrant workers In Russian: .
Economic Development Ministry of RF: Russia’s population will increase by half a million due to migrants In Russian: .
Petersburg deputies expel illegal migrants from Russia In Russian: .
School achievement of migrant’s children - an indicator of effectiveness of state social policies In Russian: .
Migration Service arrests 130 employers that employed hundreds of illegal migrants In Russian: .
“Town of gastarbeiters" discovered in Moscow In Russian: .
Moscow FMS in search for illegal migrants In Russian: .
Republic prosecutors reveal evidence of illegal business checks In Russian: .
Employees of department of FMS illegally issuing passports to Tajiks in the Rostov region In Russian: .
Socio-preventive operation "Teenager migrant" starts in Murmansk In Russian: .
Pilot project to train migrant Russian language starts in Nizhny Novgorod In Russian: .
Vologda authorities open school for migrants In Russian: .
Construction companies of St. Petersburg continue violating migration laws In Russian: .
Konstantin Smirnov: The issue of migration is also the issue of morality In Russian: .
Anatoly Krivenchenko: It is important to distinguish between migrant workers and those who wish to return home In Russian: .
Russia needs more than 1.7 million migrant workers in 2013 In Russian: .
Demand for migrant workers drops in Russia In Russian: .
The curator of the external migration removed from the post of FMS deputy head In Russian: .
FMS Head: Business should be responsible for migrants In Russian: .
Budget earns 8.3 billion from work licenses of migrants In Russian: .
Representatives of national communities attracted to impact on migrant debtors In Russian: .
"Marshrutochniki" against recruiting citizens of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and lobbying increasing quotas for migrants In Russian: .
Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg: We cannot ban migrants for street cleaning In Russian: .
Living conditions of migrants to be checked in Far East In Russian: .
Kemerovo opens Adaptation Center for Migrants In Russian: .
Migration Service is looking for gastarbeiters with transport In Russian: .
About 100 migrants attack Moscow police In Russian: .
Russia develops a board game about gastarbeiters life In Russian: .
Russia recognizes difficulties without migrant workers In Russian: .
Service "02" receives messages on illegal migrants In Russian: .
Penalties for employment of illegal immigrants to be tightened In Russian: .
Middle Urals is one of the most attractive regions for migrants In Russian: .
Head of the FMS Directorate: Migrants come to Kaliningrad to work, but not commit crimes In Russian: .
Solntcev resident forced to pay illegal hostel for migrant workers In Russian: .
Smolny: Number of migrants deported from the country for drug use increases In Russian: .
Vladivostok residents urge to return migrant workers In Russian: .
Residents of Kalugian Borovsk demand evicting migrants In Russian: .
FMS and police stage a raid on illegal migrants In Russian: .
FMS finds 40 illegal janitors in Moscow In Russian: .
Moscow subway disperses "labor registry" of illegal migrants In Russian: .
Smolny replies National Democrats that a new center for migrants being deported is not necessary In Russian: .
Russia may ban migrants to work in aviation In Russian: .
About a third of migrant workers in St. Petersburg do not pass Russian language test In Russian: .
Kaliningrad to automate issuance of migration cards In Russian: . |
Multilateral News
Leaders in volume of remittances from Russia are Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Ukraine In Russian: .
60,000 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan work in Kazakhstan In Russian: .
Russia and Tajikistan jointly to regulate migration processes In Russian: .
Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan: Focus on illegal labor migration in southern border regions In English: .
"Tolerance" Program fails In Russian: .
FMS: Mostly Uzbeks, Tajiks, Ukrainians go to Russia In Russian: .
Special journal for migrants to answer all questions In Russian: .
Saudi Arabia to recruit Tajik, Kyrgyz migrant workers In English: .
Expert: In 2011 more than 1 million foreigners from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Moldova arrived to St. Petersburg In Russian: .
69% of Kaliningrad citizens want to limit labor migration from Central Asia In Russian: . |
International News
Barak Obama recognizes flop in migration as his main failure In Russian: .
Illegal migrants in the United States to be issued driving license in Russian: .
Youth unemployment getting even worse In English: .
U.S. Protects Migrant Workers’ Rights In English: .
Spain refuses free treatment of illegal immigrants In Russian: .
Canadian government cancels passports of more than 3 thousand people In Russian: .
Private company in Britain to search for 174 thousand migrants In Russian: .
Because of unemployment migrants leave Spain In Russian: .
Ukraine advised to think about attracting migrants In Russian: . |
Analytics
TV Pick-Russia: Characteristics of migration policy (video) In Russian: .
Quota on migrants may increase In Russian: .
Lesser number of labor migrants to be in Moscow In Russian: .
Expulsion without permission In Russian: .
Moscowites to complain about illegal migrants at a website In Russian: .
Saltanat Libert: Thousands of dollars would be enough for me In Russian: .
Russian experts: Most of women labor migrants come from Kyrgyzstan In Russian: .
Discussion about female migration in Russia In Russian: .
Kemelbek Kozhomkulov, Assistant Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan: "It is hard in Moscow for Kyrgyz people" In Russian: .
Expert calls the idea of government’s voluntary payments for migrants misunderstanding In Russian: .
Tajik migrant workers were called to "obey Putin" In Russian: .
Back to Central Asia? Never! In Russian: .
Large number of guest workers and immigrants force the authorities to review the scheme of workforce management In Russian: .
Moscowites have to consider the fact that migration will increase, and learn to live with it In Russian: .
Forum on "ethnic relations and migration" In Russian: .
MP suggests Poltavchenko his way to address migrants problems In Russian: .
100 migrants per square meter In Russian: .
The owner of the largest portal superjob.ru Alexei Zakharov tells about number of guest workers in Russia In Russian: .
Resources to pay for health of migrants? In Russian: .
Reasons of being grateful to migrants in Tajikistan In Russian: .
School for migrants opened in factory premises In Russian: .
Russians on policy towards migrants In Russian: .
Migrants are not interested in the cultural adaptation? In Russian: .
Need to limit the influx of migrants In Russian: .
Where to learn Russian? In Russian: .
Five millionth migrant? In Russian: .
Migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan play volleyball for money In Russian: .
Economy requires labor In Russian: .
Employers should be responsible for illegal migrants In Russian: .
Workplace for guest In Russian: .
Social Project: Migrant workers to look at Moscowites with disdain In Russian: .
Move to Russia becomes easier In Russian: .
Refugees, migrants, immigrants ... In Russian: .
Where and why rush migrants from the former Soviet Union countries In Russian: .
Cossacks: migrants should learn Russian before entering Russia In Russian: .
Unique "Migrants School" opens in the village Sheksna of Vologda oblast In Russian: .
FMS continues to open dialogue with the public In Russian: .
Slumdog Millionaire in Petersburg In Russian: .
Parliament recalls Migrant Workers In Russian: .
Family: on both sides of the border In Russian: .
Pay for guest workers In Russian: .
Integration as an integral element of migration policy In Russian: .
Russia makes a film about migrants In Russian: .
Place of treatment of guest workers? In Russian: .
Labor reserves In Russian: .
Tajik guest workers export not only money from Russia In Russian: .
Songs of our village. How does work in Moscow internet radio station "Muhodzhir / Migrant" In Russian: .
Chinatown, Kazakhstan? In English: .
How to reach Kyrgyzstan from Russia? In Russian: .
Migrant for education In Russian: .
MIA closes enter Russia for undesirable aliens In Russian: .
Migrants fill Russian cities. How to accept this? In Russian: .
Haluk Levent: Migration from Kyrgyzstan will not stop In Russian: .
Smolny to find out how many migrant children in Petersburg schools In Russian: .
Law on State Demographic Registry to become a control tool on migration inflow In Russian: .
Continued. Migrants as a sign of times In Russian: .
Russians present negative assessment of migrant workers In Russian: .
Moscow does not refuse to treat migrants In Russian: . |
Publications
Handbook on Migration Terminology (Russian-English) In English: .
The Middle East and North Africa - IOM Annual Report 2011 In English: .
International labor migration and local rural activities in the Kyrgyz Republic: determinants and trade-offs In English: .
Labor Migrants Trade Union: News on labor migration, August, 2012 In Russian: .
New issue of “Your right. Migration”, № 17, September 2012 In Russian: .
New issue of “Your right. Migration”, № 18, September 2012 In Russian: .
Migration Policy Practice (Volume II, Number 4, August-September 2012) In English: .
International migration: the challenges of globalization In Russian: .
“Migration XXI Century" Independent News and Analysis Journal, № 4 (13), July - August 2012 In Russian: .
New issue of “Compatriots”, № 9, September 2012 In Russian: .
IOM Research Newsletter - September 2012 In English: .
Labor in the Global South: Challenges and alternatives for workers In English: .
Trade and employment In English: .
Job placement in Russia (audio report) In Russian: .
Career guidance and job placement (Russian) (audio report) In Russian: . |
Announcements
Job announcement: Expert/Human Dimension Activities In English: .
ILO at the 'Jobs for Europe' conference In English: .
IDM Intersessional Workshop – Protecting Migrants during Times of Crisis: Immediate Responses and Sustainable Strategies In English: .
New jobs for CIS citizens in Moscow In Russian: .
Request for proposals: Development of a restructured and enhanced Web site for the MIRPAL network In English: .
New CV’s from the CIS countries In Russian: .
Fostering the social and professional reintegration of return labor migrants In English: .
JMDI has launched photo and video competition to promote positive impact migration development In English: . |