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American University of Central Asia - 69ɫ - News Digest No 3

News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 3

 

Date: February 18-24, 2012

Kazakhstan

 

Migration as a risk factor
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Human Rights Commission under the RK President discusses labor legislation
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Kyrgyzstan

 

Almazbek Atambayev banks on educated Kyrgyz nationals who left the country because of objective reasons – Alisher Madanbekov
In English: .

 

Kazakhstan's President agrees to increase duration of stay up to 90 days for Kyrgyz citizens
In Russian: or here.

 

Deputy Head of State Registration Service Bolot Junusov to be Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Russian Federation
In Russian: .

 

National Security Committee expresses its concern on losing control over migration flows in case of introducing visa-free regime in Kyrgyzstan
In Russian: or here.

 

45 young specialists from KR to be employed in St. Petersburg in March – Minister A. Alymkuov
In Russian: or here.

 

Ex-President R. Otunbaeva got introduced to state bodies’ work on Indian diasporas abroad during her visit to India
In Russian: or here.

 

Out of 4,635 unauthorized houses only 1,500 can be legalized in new settlements around Bishkek
In Russian: or here.

 

Unemployed Kyrgyzstanis to get jobs in Russia
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8.6% of population in Kyrgyzstan are unemployed
In Russian: .

 

Mufti to disciple migrants from Kyrgyzstan in good morals and proper behavior in Russia’s Chita
In Russia: or here.

 

More than 14 thousand unemployed registered in Osh oblast
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106,700 Kyrgyzstanis officially worked in Russia in 2011
In Russia: .

 

“Ar-Namys” faction hear results of KR Embassy in Russia inspection: financial violation of 5 million som revealed
In Russian: .

 

Uzbekistan

 

Uzbek authorities eased residence registration in Tashkent
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Labor migrants from Uzbekistan are the most law abiding
In Russian: .

 

Uzbek and Turkmen citizens on a trial case for human trafficking
In Russian: or here.

 

Tajikistan

 

Recommendations on introducing amendments in Draft Law “On Labor Migration of Citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan Abroad”, Human Rights Center and International federation on Human Rights
In Russian: here.

 

Tajik officials meet with migration authorities in Russia’s Tyumen
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Tajik ambassador, Qatari labor minister discuss cooperation on labor migration
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First group of Tajik migrants receive ‘labor patents’ in Moscow
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Tajik Culture Center opens in Moscow
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Tajik labor migrants issues discussed in Krasnodar Krai
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Job fair held in Khudjand
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Tajik diaspora did not participate in events in Egypt
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In Liningrad oblast Tajiks rob illegal migrants
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Escaped Gastarbeiter from detention center returns

In Russian: .

 

Russia

 

Introducing amendments in migration registration rules for foreign citizens
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Amendments in package of documents to apply for accompanying family members’ invitation
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FMS Head K. Romodanovsky suggests strict punishment for organizers of illegal migration
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Prohorov proposes closing Russian borders with Central Asian states and introducing visa regime
In Russian: or here.

 

Deputy of Moscow State Duma proposes ban for CIS migrants to bring their family members to Russia
In Russian: .

 

Labor migrants take 7% of jobs in Russia
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Onishenko does not trust medical services of Asian countries checking migrants
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Police to be instructed on behaviour towards migrants
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Onishenko concerned about migrants living in basements
In Russian: .

 

Medical and legal issues of migration discussed in Moscow
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Nearly 3.5 million illegal migrants work in Russia
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More than 3 million migrants working in Russia do not pay taxes
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Moscow develops ways to teach migrants’ children
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Growing threat of purchase of fake medical record sheets in Russia
In Russian: .

 

For migrants planning to work in private entities
In Russian: ?.

 

Around 100 nationalists detained at Manezhnaya Square, witnesses report violence against migrants
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5 people to be judged for issuing fake documents to migrants
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Bilateral/Multilateral

 

BWI Affiliates in Central Asia Sign Agreement to Protect Migrant Workers
In English: .

 

FMS Head: No plan for CIS visa regime
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Expanding horizons of partnership
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Two check-points to open at Kyrgyz-Kazakh Border
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Migrants from Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan detained at a construction site in Kalachinsk during a raid
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8 people escaped from migrant detention center in St. Petersburg
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85 foreign citizens working at a large-scale construction site miss work permit
In Russian: ?.

 

Analytics

 

M. Egamzod: New Tajik Culture Center in Moscow to reclaim good reputation of Tajiks
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Migrants to be included in labor structure
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Russia changes labor migration laws
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K. Sharipov: Statement of the Moscow Housing and Public Utilities Department’s Head can be taken as an element of striking a conflict
In Russian: .

 

Abuse at state border. Prayer before take-off at Dushanbe-Moscow train
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Migration in Kyrgyzstan: debate a matter in mind
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Bishkek and Lagos: form and shape…
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These chains so united, so powerful…
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Russians are ready to tolerate migrants
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Publications

 

“Labor Markets and the Financial Crisis: Evidence from Tajikistan”, by Antje Kroeger and Kristina Meier, German Institute for Economic Research, 2011
In English: here.

 

News of Labor Migration from Tajikistan. Review of media on CA and RF No 34
In Russian: here.

 

“Enhancing the contribution of migration to the development of migrants, communities and states”, Draft Concept Paper, Global Forum on Migration and Development, Mauritius 2012
In English: here.

 

 “Migration. XXI century” Journal, No 10
In Russian: here.

 

The Annual Report 2011 for the Project “Legal Assistance to Migrants in Krasnodar region”, by non-profit organization “Southern Regional Resource Center”
In English: here.

 

Announcements

 

“The art of living together” First International Contest on Best Mass Media Item on Integration of Labor Migrants and Migration Policy in RF, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: here.

 


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