News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 5 (2017)

How many foreigners live in Kazakhstan?

In Russian: https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/skolko-inostrantsev-projivaet-v-kazahstane-311901/.

In February 2017, more than 2 thousand work permits issued in Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://www.enbek.gov.kz/en/node/343706.

A.Asanbayev: "Kyrgyzstan accession to the EAEU allows to effectively protecting the rights of labor migrants"

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/a.asanbaev-vstuplenie-kr-v-eaes-pozvolilo-effektivno-zashchishchat-prava-trudovykh-migrantov/.

Citizens of the KR in 2016 transferred about $ 2 billion from Russia and Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/grazhdane-kr-v-2016-godu-pereveli-iz-rf-i-kazakhstana-okolo-2-mlrd-dollarov/.

Asanbayev: Recession of labor migration from Kyrgyzstan will be observed until May

In Russian: here.

Nationwide Consultations on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Started in Kyrgyzstan

In English: http://www.ilo.org/moscow/news/WCMS_547613/lang--en/index.htm.

State Migration Service Representatives met with Kyrgyz migrants in Moscow and explained their rights and obligations

In Russian: http://www.kginform.com/en/news/20170316/26858.html.

The US State Department allocated $ 600,000 to help Afghan refugees and vulnerable families of Tajik migrants

In Russian: http://www.dialog.tj/news/gosdep-sha-vydelil-600000-dla-okazaniya-pomoshi-afghanskim-bejentsam-i-uyazvimym-semyam-tajikskih-migrantov.

Labor migrants from Uzbekistan to travel to Poland

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/24321-trudovye-migranty-iz-uzbekistana-budut-ezdit-v-polshu.html.

Upset with life abroad Russian citizens return to Russia

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/society/2246874.html

For the first time since 2013 in Russia increased migration growth

In Russian: http://www.the-village.ru/village/city/city/259818-migration.

Putin demanded to block the channels of illegal migration

In Russian: https://lenta.ru/news/2017/03/09/potok_nelegalov/.

Sberbank warned about the influx of migrants to Russia due to economic growth

In Russian: https://lenta.ru/news/2017/03/09/migration/.

UN noted the contribution of migrants to society

In Russian: http://www.un.org/russian/news/story.asp?NewsID=27608#.WM97S9KLTIU.

Women in migration: a challenge to the traditional role, but the opportunity to improve the status

In Russian: http://www.dialog.tj/news/zhenshchiny-v-migratsii-vyzov-traditsionnoj-roli-no-vozmozhnost-povysit-status.

Migration: went to work - fell into slavery

In Russian: http://rus.azattyk.org/a/28374791.html.

Russia is preparing to grant citizenship to guest workers?

In Russian: https://regnum.ru/news/polit/2248849.html.

Request for a project proposal within the framework of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Project "Dignity and Rights", implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

In Russian: http://iom.kz/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/244-usaiddar.

IOM /The UN Migration Agency is launching the Photo Story Project -Migrants: An Invisible Force in Central Asia

In English: http://www.iom.kz/en/new/245-photostoryeng.

Call for Video Entries: PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival 2017

In English: https://pluralplus.unaoc.org/press-releases/.

Identification of key areas for assistance to women migrant workers in Central Asia, Azerbaijan and the potential role of NGOs in this assistance

Terms of Reference download here: P4I ToR research migration_eng.