News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 25 (2017)
Date: December 12 - 25
Kyrgyzstan
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 Training seminar on social mobilization for the communities of internal migrants held in Osh In Russian: here. 
 President Sooronbai Jeenbekov turned to Kyrgyzstanis working abroad In Russian: here. 
 Issue of protecting migrants rights raised in parliament In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/28935915.html. 
 International Migrants Day In Russian: http://www.ktrk.kg/post/18109/en. 
 Problems and achievements in migration in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2017 discussed in AUCA In Russian: http://kabar.kg/news/v-autca-obsudili-problemy-i-dostizheniia-v-sfere-migratcii-v-kr-za-2017-god/. 
 "Call a migrant" action takes place in the south of Kyrgyzstan In Russian: http://kabar.kg/news/na-iuge-kyrgyzstana-proidet-aktciia-zvonok-migrantu/. 
 About 4,000 Kyrgyz citizens in South Korea, according to unofficial data In Russian: http://www.ktrk.kg/post/18110/en. 
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Tajikistan
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 Russia may open joint ventures in Tajikistan to reduce number of migrants 
 "Asia-Plus" launched a special project for migrants In Russian: http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/society/20171218/aziya-plyus-zapustila-spetsialnii-proekt-dlya-migrantov. 
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Uzbekistan
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 Remittances from Russian Federation to Uzbekistan in 3Q make up $ 780 million In Russian: http://www.uzdaily.uz/articles-id-35407.htm. 
 Senate of Uzbekistan welcomes agreement on employment in Russia 
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Russia
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 Law on sociocultural adaptation of migrants may adopt in Russia In Russian: https://www.ritmeurasia.org/news--2017-12-13--v-rossii-mogut-prinjat-zakon-o-sociokulturnoj-adaptacii-migrantov-34021. 
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International
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 Global Migration Film Festival to Conclude with Award Ceremony on International Migrants Day In English: https://www.iom.int/news/global-migration-film-festival-conclude-award-ceremony-international-migrants-day. 
 Germany, UN Migration Agency Launch First Global Migration Data Portal In English: https://www.iom.int/news/germany-un-migration-agency-launch-first-global-migration-data-portal. 
 Our Right of Passage Should be Safe Migration, Not Leaky Boats In English: https://www.iom.int/news/our-right-passage-should-be-safe-migration-not-leaky-boats. 
 In February, UN launches intergovernmental negotiations on the Global Compact on Migration In Russian: http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/archives/261580/#.Wj__w9Jl_IU. 
 UN urges international cooperation to make migration safer in a world on the move In English: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=58303#.WkACgdJl_IU. 
 Migrants who want to be heard speak of common values for us In Russian: here. 
 IOM, OSCE Discuss Perceptions and Realities of Migration on International Migrants Day In English: https://www.iom.int/news/iom-osce-discuss-perceptions-and-realities-migration-international-migrants-day. 
 UN Migration Agency Supports Organization of American States’ Media Campaign, Migrants Count In English: https://www.iom.int/news/un-migration-agency-supports-organization-american-states-media-campaign-migrants-count. 
 IOM’s Non-profit in the United States Relaunches as ‘USA for IOM’ In English: https://www.iom.int/news/ioms-non-profit-united-states-relaunches-usa-iom. 
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Analytics
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 "Stay here for now." Why migrants leave children in shelters In Russian: https://eng.azattyk.org/a/28919566.html. 
 Are migrants ready to act as investors? 
 Labor migration: where and why are they traveling? In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/iatc-kabar-trudovaia-migratciia-kuda-i-zachem-edut/. 
 Whom is easier to work in Russia? Migration from Central Asia In Russian: http://kabar.kg/news/komu-na-rusi-rabotat-proshche-migratciia-iz-tcentral-noi-azii/. 
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Announcements
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 IOM Launches MigApp on International Migrants Day In English: https://www.iom.int/news/iom-launches-migapp-international-migrants-day. 
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