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FAQ
Date: October 04 – October 17, 2013
Kazakhstan
Senate approves amendments to the legislation on labor migration in the first reading In Russian: http://inform.kz/rus/article/2596154.
Kazakhstan is considering the abolition of quotas for oralmans In Russian: http://bnews.kz/ru/news/post/163515/.
More than 1,500 foreigners were working illegally in Astana In Russian: http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=387020.
Head of the Statistics Agency explained the negative balance of migration In Russian: http://www.bnews.kz/ru/news/post/164591/.
Idrisov is confident that Russia would not introduce a visa regime for citizens of Kazakhstan In Russian: http://newskaz.ru/society/20131016/5669078.html.
Number of people employed in the labor market in Kazakhstan is growing In Russian: http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=387348.
Togzhan Kizatova: "Migrants even without these changes en masse work illegally, at the same time feeding an army of officials, especially from the security forces' In Russian: http://www.radiotochka.kz/news/full/867.html.
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Kyrgyzstan
Experts made recommendations to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on solution issues of labor migration In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64526.
Head of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Youth of KR and Head of the Federal Migration Service of the RF discussed the problems of migrant workers In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64428.
Parliament of Kyrgyzstan got advice to tighten the penalties for transporting illegal immigrants In Russian: http://www.24.kg/community/162702-parlamentu-kyrgyzstana-posovetovali-uzhestochit.html.
From the rostrum of the UN Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration of Kyrgyzstan called on to solve the problem of forced labor migrants In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64162.
About migration processes in Kyrgyzstan told at the meeting of the OSCE ODIHR on Human Dimension in Warsaw In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64112.
Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration of Kyrgyzstan in the UN headquarters spoke on the country's immigration policy In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64313.
Kyrgyzstan's entry into the Customs Union would bring Kyrgyz migrants to a new level - legal In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/politics/full/64304.
Migrants going to Russia would be advised at the airports In Russian: here.
FMS and Rossotrudnichestvo would test migrants on Russian together In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/10/39959/195.py.
Half of the respondents of Kyrgyz labor migrants evaluate their earnings as low In Russian: http://www.24kg.org/community/162685-polovina-oproshennyx-trudovyx-migrantov-iz.html.
3 years Kyrgyzstan without concept on foreign migration In Russian: here.
Estimated unemployment in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: http://www.24kg.org/community/162286-v-kyrgyzstane-podschitali-bezrabotnyx.html.
Servey: Foreign labor migration is getting younger In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/33/39961/676.py.
83.6% of Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia are working out of their field- research In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1894942.
More than 88.2% of Kyrgyz migrant workers prefer to work in Russia legally In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64547.
About 90% of Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia intend to return home In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64522.
Almost 40% of migrant workers do not make out the registration documents upon arrival in Russia - poll In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-241256-ru.html.
Continuation of the movie "Ayat" presented in Bishkek, a story, this time about the life of migrants In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64177.
Feasibility of introducing a migration cards for citizens of neighboring countries discussing in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-241486-ru.html.
Kyrgyzstan intends to introduce immigration cards for migrant workers from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1900772.
Government approved the provision of "single window" for migrant workers for Russia: nongovernmental pension fund to issue pension cards In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1903542.
Border Service of Kyrgyzstan considers the introduction of migration cards is costly In Russian: http://kabar.kg/rus/society/full/64648.
Almazbek Atambaev urged the youth to migrate educated In Russian: here.
MP does not believe in introducing a moratorium by Russia on remittances In Russian: here.
External labor migration of Kyrgyz peoples has gained widespread since 2000 In Russian: http://www.24.kg/community/162665-vneshnyaya-trudovaya-migraciya-kyrgyzov-s-2000.html.
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Tajikistan
Tajik citizens would have the right to work in Russia for 3 years In Russian: http://news.rambler.ru/21477189/.
Devonaev and Romodanovskiy discussed issues concerning labor migration In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/devonaev-i-romodanovskii-obsudili-voprosy-uregulirovaniya-trudovoi-migratsii.
Dushanbe and Moscow in October may withdraw obstacles on terms of labor migrants
Officer of Tajik Migration Service Representative in the Russian Federation impeded the spread of the newspaper "Tajiks of Russia" in Moscow
Russia starting to consider ratification of the agreement on the order of stay of citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan
CEC of Tajikistan stated that the number of migrants with the right to vote, less than 1 million In Russian: http://www.ca-portal.ru/article:8479.
Tajik MPs meet with migrant workers in St. Petersburg In Russian: here.
372 residents of Khatlon deported from foreign countries this year In Russian: http://www.news.tj/ru/news/s-nachala-goda-iz-za-rubezha-bylo-deportirovano-372-zhitelya-khatlonskoi-oblasti.
1620 job places created in Shuroabad In Russian: here.
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Uzbekistan
Jobs for Youth In Russian: http://uza.uz/ru/society/25586/.
Youth employment - in the center of constant attention In Russian: http://uza.uz/ru/business/25619/.
Increased job security in Uzbekistan In Russian: http://www.regnum.ru/news/1718690.html.
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Russia
President of the Russian Federation: migrants should respect the laws, language, culture and traditions of the Russia In Russian: http://www.itar-tass.com/c659/904672.html.
State Duma is prompted to enter work visas for migrant workers In Russian: http://www.avesta.tj/sociaty/20755-v-gosdume-predlagayut-vvesti-trudovye-vizy-dlya-trudovyh-migrantov.html.
The proposal of the Russian Federation to deprive workers from jobs in the field of trade requires a detailed study - the UN Special Rapporteur In Russian: http://www.itar-tass.com/c659/900885.html.
Putin believes that the visa regime may deter Russia CIS partners In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2013/10/08/1184983.html.
Medvedev: We should not allow the creation of ethnic enclaves of migrants In Russian: http://www.regnum.ru/news/kirghizia/1716117.html.
Rafik Saifulin: Political gamble with migrants - minus for Eurasian initiatives of Moscow In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-240996-ru.html.
Expert: Russia’s tightening immigration laws related to the expansion of the Customs Union In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-240753-ru.html.
Sergei Abashin: No one in Russia will radically change the situation in the area of migration In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-240751-ru.html.
Maxim Kaznacheev: Tightening the law on migration in Russia aggravates the social situation in Central Asia In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1878182.
3.5 million migrants got legal status for three years in Russia In Russian: http://www.itar-tass.com/c1/901940.html.
State Duma of Russia initiated a moratorium on remittances to the countries of Central Asia In Russian: here.
Illegal migration in Russia In Russian: http://www.itar-tass.com/c659/916260.html.
Zhirinovsky offered to abandon the labor migrants for three years and introduce the institution of "rigid registration" In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1904902.
Head of the Federal Migration Service sees no point in talking about visas for visitors from the CIS In Russian: http://ria.ru/society/20131016/970534862.html.
FMS hopes that workers soon would visit Russia on foreign passports In Russian: http://ria.ru/society/20131016/970455527.html.
Russia: Detention of 1,200 migrants 'discriminatory and unlawful' In English: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/russia-detention-1200-migrants-discriminatory-and-unlawful-2013-10-15.
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Multilateral
CIS experts to discuss cooperation in the field of labor and migration In Russian: http://www.avesta.tj/sociaty/20840-eksperty-sng-obsudyat-voprosy-sotrudnichestva-v-sfere-truda-i-migracii.html.
CSTO proposes to create a single database of offenders of immigration legislation In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-241027-ru.html.
Migration services of the CSTO countries have identified financial transactions on 7 billion rubles In Russian: http://news.mail.ru/inworld/kyrgyzstan/incident/15100763/.
International Labor Organization launched a project on CIS youth employment In Russian: http://inform.kz/rus/article/2595533.
Labor migration: it is a problem in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - "Voice of Asia" In Russian: http://www.radiotochka.kz/news/full/649.html.
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International News
Ban Ki-moon called on to defend the rights of migrants In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2013/10/04/1183489.html.
UK to complicate the lives of illegal immigrants In Russian: here.
EU get offered to create a service to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea In Russian: here.
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Analytics
Tajik Presidential Hopefuls Struggle without Support of Migrant Workers In English: http://www.eurasianet.org/node/67587.
There are no Illegal migrants in Russia In Russian: http://vesti.kg/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=23240:nelegalnyih-migrantov-v-rossii-net&Itemid=80
RA": Would the Tajik migrants have their say in the election? In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news2.php?st=1381007940.
Russian Ambassador in Tajikistan Igor Lyakin-Frolov: "The situation of Tajik labor migrants in Russia would improve"
31% of GDP in Kyrgyzstan is the remittances of migrants In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/5023-v-kyrgyzstane-31-vvp-sostavljajut-denezhnye-perevody-migrantov.html.
Are the children of migrant workers pity? In Russian: http://www.snob.ru/profile/25247/blog/65661.
What is the real unemployment rate in Kyrgyzstan?
Kazakhstan wants to legalize all migrant workers and tax them In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/6/39946/765.py.
Putin called for the expulsion of migrant workers migrant workers from Russia’s Trade In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/10/39932/347.py.
Liberal Democratic Party proposed to ban migrants transfer money from Russia In Russian: http://kloop.kg/blog/2013/10/16/ldpr-predlozhila-zapretit-migrantam-perevod-deneg-iz-rossii/.
Migrant workers are going to give money to the private Russian Pension Fund In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1904222.
"Migration policy in Russia have made a profitable business" In Russian: http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2320640.
Expert: From moratorium on transfers of migrants suffer Russians In Russian: here.
Kyrgyzstan intends to strengthen immigration controls In Russian: here.
Expert: Migration issues should be solved in Russia by not populist, but real measures In Russian: http://for.kg/news-241699-ru.html.
"The mood of the week. Zharkynay Kuwat. Migrants, fascism, or what would prevent Romm” In Russian: http://news.ivest.kz/47618984-nastroenie-nedeli-zharkynay-kuvat-migranty-fashizm-ili-o-chem-hotel-predupredit-romm.
Russia - a successful policy on running population on Fascist lines In Russian: here.
Experts: every ten Muscovite ready to take in migrants In Russian: http://ria.ru/society/20131015/970195140.html.
Migration to the detriment of the budget In Russian: http://topkvadrat.ru/advices/article/migraciya-s-uscherbom-dlya-byudzheta-21788.
Concentration of migrants reduces the price of housing by 10-15%, experts say In Russian: http://ria.ru/moscow/20131014/969913185.html.
Whether Russia live without cheap labor migration In Russian: here.
B.Shakuev: Labor army. The migration flow to Russia – how it is fraught for Central Asia? In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news2.php?st=1381531260.
Guest workers in Kazakhstan would be obliged to buy the patent In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/content/gastarbaitery-patent-nalogi-kazakhstan/25134553.html.
Marketable migrant. Win in illegal migration in Russia is not so much impossible as unprofitable. In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1904332.
Symbol of order. What actually give visas to migrants from Central Asia In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1912202.
Russia. Contempt for the migrants as a personal complex In Russian: http://news.namba.kg/read.php?id=1903462.
Why do people leave Kazakhstan? In Russian: here.
Political analyst Mamyrayymov: Because of the new law on labor migration simple Kazakh people may be on the verge of survival In Russian: http://www.zakon.kz/top_news/4580959-politolog-mamyrajjymov-iz-za-novogo.html.
A.Serikov: Migration - a conversation in favor of the rich In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news2.php?st=1381991520.
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Publications
Newsletter #3 - September 2013 In English: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/moscow/info/files/13_3en.pdf.
Labor Migration: Trends, Policy and Statistics In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2013/0569/biblio04.php.
Migration and Health in the European Union In English: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2013/0569/biblio02.php.
IOM Migration Research Activities 2012–2013 In English: here.
Practical guide on the legal relations involving foreign citizens in the area of labor migration In Russian: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2013/0569/biblio03.php.
New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” # 20, October 2013 In Russian: here.
"Migration XXI Century" Independent News and Analysis Journal, № 3 (18), July-August 2013 In Russian: http://mirpal.org/files/files/migraciaXXI-18%20(1).pdf.
New Issue of “Compatriots” # 10, October 2013 In Russian: here.
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Announcements
Seminar on immigration to be held in New York In Russian: http://www.kyrgyzclub.org/ru/Global/event/230.
Program Officer In English: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/jobs/program-officer-1.
Vacancy announcement for the position of Lawyer for “Protection and promotion of external migrants rights from Kyrgyzstan” Project
Seminar on "Illegal migration and international cooperation in the fight against organized crime" In Russian: http://www.mgimo.ru/news/announce/document242487.phtml.
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