News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 137

Nazarbayev signed a law on mandatory fingerprinting of citizens

In Russian: https://vlast.kz/novosti/21103-nazarbaev-podpisal-zakon-ob-obazatelnoj-daktiloskopii-grazdan.html.

2847 Kazakhstanis are working illegally in the South Korea

In Russian: http://24.kz/ru/news/social/item/156248-v-yuzhnoj-koree-nezakonno-rab.

Astana discussed issues of migrants and their position in the labor market

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/115743.

Committee on Migration Service to create in Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://24.kz/ru/news/top-news/item/157179-v-kazakhstane-poyavitsya-komitet-migratsionnoj-sluzhby.

Head of the State Service of Migration, met with the staff of subordinate Information and Counseling Center

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/115785.

Agreement with Russia on the order of stay of citizens ratified in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2016-12-30--v-kirgizii-ratificirovali-soglashenie-s-rossiej-o-porjadke-prebyvanija-grazhdan-27662.

Kyrgyzstanis in Moscow to discuss migrant issues

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28210828.html.

Russian Consulate in Tajikistan announces a new mode of reception of citizens

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20161227/konsulstvo-rossii-v-tadzhikistane-zapis-grazhdan-budet-provoditsya-on-lain.

Number of Tajiks wishing to move to Russia growing

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20161227/chislo-zhelayutshih-perebratsya-v-rossiyu-tadzhikov-rastet.

35 thousand jobs created in the framework of "Youth Wing" projects

In Russian: http://www.uzdaily.uz/articles-id-31066.htm.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs were surprised at the flow of Russian migrant workers to South Korea, “like in 90th or worse”

In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2016/12/27/1579257.html.

Interior Ministry proposed to change the mechanism of migrants entry control

In Russian: https://rg.ru/2017/01/05/v-mvd-predlozhili-izmenit-mehanizm-kontrolia-vezda-migrantov.html.

Help centers for migrants in Russia get less

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/society/2224533.html.

Workers from the EAEU countries will have access to health insurance in Russia since January 1, 2017

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/EAES/full/115830.

Voices of Europe and Central Asia: New Insights on Shared Prosperity and Jobs

In English: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/publication/voices-europe-central-asia-insights-shared-prosperity-jobs.

UN agency data on labor migration shows 150 million migrants in global workforce

In English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55914#.WHKn6dKLTIU.

BBC: Jamila Begieva: Kyrgyzstanis in Moscow have is a choice

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/SMIoKG/full/115766.

Remittances from Russia increase

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28197104.html.

Migrants in Russia do not believe in ensuring the rights to medical insurance

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28210899.html.

Request for the project application

In Russian: here.

Contest for making informational videos

In Russian: http://iom.kg/?p=2167.