News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 6 (2018)

Migrants from Kyrgyzstan earn the least, but they want to stay in Russia

In Russian: here.

President of the Kyrgyz Republic signed Law on Improving Migration Policy in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: here.

State Migration Service initiated advising citizens online

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/gossluzhba-migratcii-budet-konsul-tirovat-v-rezhime-onlain/.

Possibility of obtaining a work permit for foreigners facilitated in Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/v-kyrgyzstane-inostrantcam-oblegchili-vozmozhnost-polucheniia-razresheniia-na-rabotu/.

EEC Minister described draft Agreement on provision of pensions for EAEU workers and its advantages

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/ministr-eek-rasskazal-o-dogovore-o-pensionnom-obespechenii-trudiashchikhsia-eaes-i-ego-opreimushchestvakh/.

Since the beginning of the year, migrants remitted $ 145.9 million to Kyrgyzstan

In Russian: here.

77 thousand Kyrgyz citizens in the black list of Russian FMS

In Russian: http://www.kginform.com/en/news/20180314/29416.html.

Concert of children of labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan in Astana

In Russian: http://vb.kg/society-kg/koncert-detei-trydovyh-migrantov-iz-kyrgyzstana-v-astane.html.

New Decent Work Agenda in Tajikistan is aimed at ensuring safety and security of migrant workers

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/society/20180315/novaya-programmi-dostoinogo-truda-v-tadzhikistane-napravlena-na-obespechenie-bezopasnosti-i-ohrani-truda-migrantov.

Tajikistanis may stay in Kazakhstan for up to 30 days without registering

In Russian: https://tengrinews.kz/sng/tadjikistantsyi-smogut-nahoditsya-kazahstane-30-dney-339866/.

Free Russian language courses for migrants to start in Uzbekistan

In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/v-uzbekistane-otkroyut-besplatnye-kursy-russkogo-yazyka-dlya-migrantov-/.

Going abroad: labor migrants in Uzbekistan to receive a discount of 20% for air and railway tickets

In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/edem-za-rubezh-trudovye/.

Special plastic cards for migrants to issue in Uzbekistan

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2018/03/07/v-uzbekistane-vypustyat-spetsialnye-plastikovye-karty-dlya-migrantov/.

Uzbekistan forms an organized recruitment of labor migrants to Germany, Oman and Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/uzbekistan-otkroet-organizovannyy-nabor-trudovykh-migrantov-/.

Uzbekistan established a company for international bus transportation of migrants

In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/uzbekistan-sozdal-kompaniyu-dlya-mezhdunarod/.

Russia reduces quotas for migrants despite the population decline

In Russian: http://russian.eurasianet.org/node/65163.

IOM Celebrates Migrant Women and Girls—and values diversity on the move

In English: http://iom.kg/en/?p=1263.

ILO launches new app to highlight its results

In English: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_620592/lang--en/index.htm.

Affordable patent, birth of a child, return home. What do Tajik migrants dream about?

In Russian: https://rus.ozodi.org/a/29086440.html.

Russian experts described risks faced by labor migrants

In Russian: http://knews.kg/2018/03/rossijskie-eksperty-rasskazali-s-kakimi-riskami-stalkivayutsya-trudovye-migranty/.

Does Kyrgyzstan's migrants receive a pension?

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/28700-svetit-li-kyrgyzstanskim-migrantam-pensija.html.

Why do Tajiks and Uzbeks come to Russia?

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/28712-zachem-tadzhiki-i-ubbeki-priezzhajut-v-rossiju-.html.

Origins and Destinations of the World’s Migrants, 1990-2017

In English: http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/02/28/global-migrant-stocks/?country=US&date=2017.

Do not be shy about our labor migrants: KR expert

In Russian: http://www.for.kg/news-473246-en.html.

HSE study: how much do migrants earn in Russia

In Russian: http://knews.kg/2018/03/issledovanie-vshe-skolko-na-samom-dele-zarabatyvayut-migranty-v-rossii/.

Activists in emigration created the movement "Reforms and Development in Tajikistan"

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/28834-aktivisty-v-emigratsii-sozdali-dvizhenie-reformy-i-razvitie-v-tadzhikistane.html.

Why are migrant children not allowed in Russian schools?

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/28800-pochemu-detej-migrantov-ne-puskajut-v-rossijskie-shkoly.html.

Children of Kyrgyz migrants in Moscow become triune

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/28768-deti-kyrgyzstanskih-migrantov-v-moskve-stanovjatsja-trijazychnymi.html.