News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 21 (2018)

Jogorku Kenesh committee postponed consideration of contract with Turkey on social security of migrants

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/komitet-zhk-otlozhil-rassmotrenie-dogovora-o-sotcial-nom-obespechenii-migrantov-s-turtciei.

SCNS revealed "dead souls" in external migration registration system

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/gknb-soobshchaetsia-chto-sistema-ucheta-vneshnei-migratcii-vyiavila-mertvye-dushi.

Needs and vulnerabilities of girls involved in labor migration discussed in Bishkek

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/v-bishkeke-obsudili-potrebnosti-i-uiazvimosti-devushek-zadeistvovannykh-v-trudovoi-migratcii.

State Migration Service plans to take over SRS function of issuing a permanent residence permit to foreigners

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/gossluzhba-migratcii-planiruet-zabrat-funktciiu-grs-vydachu-postoiannogo-vida-na-zhitel-stvo-inostrantcam.

State Migration Service held a lecture for schoolchildren

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/gossluzhba-migratcii-provela-lektciiu-dlia-shkol-nikov.

Uzbekistan intends to join International Organization for Migration in November

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/uzbekistan-namere.

Migrants can get tickets and other benefits by registering online

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/migranty-mogut-poluchit-skidki.

Trainings in Uzbekistan for labor migrants from Afghanistan going for work in EU

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/trudovykh-migrantov-.

Ministry of Labor intends to return from Russia about 1,500 migrants left without money and documents

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/mintrud-namere.

About 40% of Russian citizens believe that migrants occupy jobs

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/economy/2499293.htm.

Germany opens its market for qualified specialists from third countries

In Russian: https://rg.ru/2018/10/03/germaniia-otkroet-rynok-dlia-kvalificirovannyh-specialistov-iz-tretih-stran.htm.

What do women and girls face in labor migration

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/iatc-kabar-s-chem-stalkivaiutsia-v-trudovoi-migratcii-devushki-i-devochki.

A safety issue. Government wants to tighten control over internal migration

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/kyrgyzstan-migration-registration/29533924.htm.

Hard way home. Migrants need safe transportation

In Russian: here.

Migration of labor in Kazakhstan: who is misled by Ministry of Labor?

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/economy/2499801.htm.

Who benefits from international migration?

In Russian: https://migrant.news.tj/post/515.

The Fragile Power of Migration: the needs and rights of women and girls from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan who are affected by migration, 2018

In English: http://www.iom.kz/images/books/ExecutSummaryMigEng.pdf.

Kyrgyzstan takes into account immigrants’ skills and qualifications when granting work permit

In English: https://migrationdataportal.org/snapshots/mgi/kyrgyzstan#.

UN Migration Agency Launches Digital Platform to Engage Diaspora Members in Development

In English: http://iom.kg/en/?p=134.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) / UN Migration Agency announces a tender to hold a “Nongovernmental Organization Fair” to join the IOM network

In Russian: http://iom.kg/?p=261.