News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 21 (2017)

Migration Front Office to open in Petropavlovsk

In Russian: http://www.inform.kz/en/migracionnyy-front-ofis-otkroyut-v-petropavlovske_a3079709. 

About 700 Kyrgyz citizens were involved for violation of registration rules in the Republic of Kazakhstan

In Russian: here.

Kyrgyzstan - leader of Central Asia and Europe on remittances from migrants

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/economy/2337240.html.

Contribution of Tajik migrants to Russia's GDP reached $ 17 billion

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/society/20171017/dolya-tadzhikskih-migrantov-v-vvp-rossii-v-2016-godu-otsenili-v-17-milliardov-dollarov.

The cost of patents for migrants in Moscow in 2018 will increase by 7%

In Russian: http://today.tj/tadzhikistan/7546-na-7-uvelichitsya-stoimost-patentov-dlya-migrantov-v-moskve-v-2018-godu.html.  

Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs: Uzbek migrants are leaders in the number of violations of the law

In Russian: http://ru.sputniknews-uz.com/migration/20171020/6605711/Moskva-migranty-policia-statistika-uzbekistancy.html.   

Labor migrants will be able to receive free legal aid in the Russian Federation
In Russian: http://ru.sputniknews-uz.com/migration/20171018/6590168/trudovie-migranti-poluchat-pravovuu-pomosh-v-rf.html.   

State Duma to solve issue of attracting labor migrants from Uzbekistan

In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2017/10/20/1654695.html.

Ministry of Internal Affairs specified number of illegal migrants in Russia

In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2017/10/20/1654680.html.

Criminal punishment for the illegal registration of migrants to introduce in Russian Federation

In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2017-10-17--v-rf-mogut-vvesti-ugolovnoe-nakazanie-za-nezakonnuju-registraciju-migrantov-32975.

Ministry of Labor proposed to reduce quota for labor migrants in Russia

In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2017/10/26/1656092.html.

Russia: Massive internal migration threatens the future of the country

In Russian: http://inosmi.ru/social/20171016/240526196.html. 

Eurasian Commission participates in development of UN Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Legal Migration

In Russian: http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/18_10_17.aspx.

The most negative attitude towards migrants: Turkey, Italy, Russia

In Russian: http://inosmi.ru/social/20171019/240558206.html. 

Europe and Central Asia Region Sees Stronger Growth, Amidst Rise in Migration

In English: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2017/10/19/europe-and-central-asia-region-sees-stronger-growth-amidst-rise-in-migration.

The U.S. Immigrant Population Climbed To A Record 43.7 Million In 2016

In English: https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/10/18/the-u-s-immigrant-population-climbed-to-a-record-43-7-million-in-2016-infographic/.

Anna Rocheva: "Migration is woven into biography of a Kyrgyz woman"

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/society/20171028/anna-rocheva-migratsiya-vpletena-v-biografiyu-kirgizskoi-zhentshini.

Voices of migration: "I do not want parents go to work anymore"

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/society/20171021/golosa-migratsii-dilya-iz-tadzhikistana-hochu-chtobi-roditeli-bolshe-ne-ezdili-na-zarabotki.

How migration changed Kazakhstan

In Russian: https://vlast.kz/obsshestvo/25353-kak-migracia-menala-kazahstan.html.

Protection of migrant workers’ rights HR movement "Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan"

In Russian: http://birduino.kg/images/pdf/2017/zashita-prav2.pdf.

Call for entries FMF 2018

In English: http://www.fmf-slovenija.si/en/call-entries-fmf-2018/.