News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 3 (2019)

Voluntary life insurance offer for citizens of Kyrgyz Republic traveling abroad - State Migration Service

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/grazhdanam-kr-vyezzhaiushchim-za-rubezh-predlagaiut-dobrovol-no-strakhovat-zhizn-gossluzhba-migratcii.

$ 2.6 billion to Kyrgyzstan migrants remitted in 2018

In English: here.

Bishkek: 30 thousand Kyrgyz people are in labor migration in Kazakhstan

In Russian: https://rus.azattyq.org/a/29765070.htm.

Zamandash Association against life insurance of migrants

In Russian: https://rus.azattyk.org/a/29763627.htm.

In Kyrgyzstan, the director of the orphanage was given eight years for trafficking in persons with disabilities.

In Russian: http://www.fergana.agency/news/105019/

The State Migration Service announced the number of migrants abroad

In Russian: here.

Local public council created in Osh aimed at addressing migration issues

In English: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/7382-v-oshe-111sozdali-mestnyj-obshchestvennyj-sovet-napravlennyj-na-reshenie-voprosov-svyazannykh-s-migratsiej.

FAO announces opening of grant program for migrants in Tajikistan

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2019/02/11/fao-soobshhil-ob-otkrytii-programmy-grantov-dlya-migrantov-v-tadzhikistane.

Tajikistan and Russia to hold talks on pensions for migrant workers

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2019/02/05/tadzhikistan-i-rossiya-provedut-peregovory-po-pensionnomu-obespecheniyu-trudovyh-migrantov.

Labor migrants from Tajikistan can work in Qatar

In Russian: https://rus.ozodlik.org/a/29754482.htm.

For five years, migrants flow from Tajikistan abroad decreased by 40%

In Russian: https://www.currenttime.tv/a/tajikistan-migrants-workers-money/29756218.htm.

Over 10 thousand Tajik citizens in 2018 applied for a pension in Russia

In English: https://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20190205/v-2018-godu-svishe-10-tis-tadzhikskih-grazhdan-obratilis-za-polucheniem-pensii-v-rossi.

Tajikistan Takes Lead in Almaty Process

In English: https://www.iom.int/news/tajikistan-takes-lead-almaty-proces.

Tajiks in South Korea: Need an agreement on labor migration

In Russian: https://ca-news.org/news:1494637. 

Uzbekistan and International Labor Organization finalizing a roadmap

In Russian: https://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/uzbekistan-i-mezhdunarodnaya-organ.

Yard men vs Russians

Why migrants save Moscow from snow almost for nothing

In Russian: http://www.fergana.agency/articles/105281/. 

Dozens of Tajik women and children housed in UN camps in Syria

In Russian: https://rus.ozodi.org/a/29760558.html.  

African continent ‘an example of solidarity’ towards migrants and refugees: UN chief

In English: https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news/african-continent-%E2%80%98-example-solidarity%E2%80%99-towards-migrants-and-refugees-un-chief.

Illegal Migration in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://www.ktrk.kg/post/27736/r.

Terror, drugs, migration: key challenges for CSTO in 2019

In Russian: http://eurasia.expert/klyuchevye-vyzovy-dlya-odkb-v-2019-godu.

Last fare

How much is shipping of cargo - 200 from Russia to Central Asia

In Russian: http://www.fergana.agency/articles/105135/

The eternal charm of the pyramids

Migrants are increasingly victims of financial fraudsters.

In Russian: http://www.fergana.agency/articles/105082/.

To freedom - with a dirty conscience

Who is actually more terrible: the heroine of the film “Ike” or the reality surrounding it?

In Russian: http://www.fergana.agency/articles/105121/.

“Environment, climate change and migration in Kyrgyz Republic”

In English: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/7395-posobie111-okruzhayushchaya-sreda-izmenenie-klimata-i-migratsii-v-kyrgyzskoj-respublike.

Migrants' right to health in Central Asia: Challenges and opportunities

In Russian: http://advocacy.kg/index.php/7377-issledovanie-pravo-migrantov-na-zdorove-v-tsentralnoj-azii-vyzovy-i-vozmozhnosti-2.