News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 5 (2020)

Migration outflow from Kazakhstan remains the largest in EAEU

In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2020-02-28--migracionnyj-ottok-iz-kazahstana-ostaetsja-naibolshim-v-eaes-47740.

What restrictions on foreign labor to introduce in Kazakhstan?

In Russian: https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/kakie-ogranicheniya-inostrannoy-rabochey-sile-vvedut-392719/.

What is the difference between foreign labor and migrant workers?

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/v-chem-otlichie-mezhdu-inostrannoy-rabochey-siloy-i-trudovymi-migrantami_a3618446.

From which countries do migrant workers come to Kazakhstan

In Russian: https://www.inform.kz/ru/iz-kakih-stran-pribyvayut-rabochie-migranty-v-kazahstan_a3618394.

Kyrgyzstan can use CIS Migration Code

In Russian: here.

Kyrgyzstan together with the CIS countries to take care of employment

In Russian: here.

Issues of cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and IOM discussed in Bishkek

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/v-bishkeke-obsuzhdeny-voprosy-sotrudnichestva-kyrgyzstan-s-mom/.

Draft concept of migration policy 2030 submitted for public discussion

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/30452673.html.

Embassy of Kyrgyzstan to strengthen compatriots support in the Russian Federation

In Russian: here.

Sooronbai Jeenbekov spoke about improving conditions for migrants in Russia

In Russian: here.

Aigul Ryskulova: Migrants should also be taken care of by their countries of origin

In Russian: here.

JK Member proposes to oblige labor migrants from neighboring countries acquire a patent

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/deputat-predlagaet-obiazat-trudovykh-migrantov-iz-sosednikh-stran-priobretat-patent/.

Problems of women migrants from Kyrgyzstan discussed In Yekaterinburg

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/v-ekaterinburge-obsudili-problemy-zhenshchin-migrantov-iz-kyrgyzstan/.

Ambassador Alikbek Dzhekshenkulov stands for special status for some migrants

In Russian: here.

Putin instructed to update labor migration mechanisms

In Russian: https://vz.ru/news/2020/3/7/1027687.html.

Flows of legal labor migration increase in the EAEU

In Russian: http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/nae/news/Pages/06-03-2020.aspx.

More than 13,000 Migrants Reported Along the Turkish-Greek Border

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/more-13000-migrants-reported-along-turkish-greek-borde.

Migration losses of Kazakhstan: there's a lot to think through

In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2020-03-07--migracionnye-poteri-kazahstana-est-nad-chem-zadumatsja-47866.

Kyrgyz women abandoning children in migration, more and more accused for trafficking

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/prodaja-detey-kyrgyzstankami-v-migratcii/30459061.html.

Home by international passport. Decision of Cabinet of Ministers worries migrants

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/kyrgyzstan-border-id-card-coronavirus/30465774.html.

Kyrgyz Republic plans to approve Concept of migration policy for 2020-2030 - what it gives?

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/v-kr-planiruiut-utverdit-kontceptciiu-migratcionnoi-politiki-na-2020-2030-gody-chto-ona-dast.

Backed into a corner? Why migrants from Central Asia abandon their children in Russia

In Russian: https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20200229/zagnannie-v-ugol-pochemu-migrantki-iz-tsa-brosayut-svoih-novorozhdennih-detei-v-rossii.