News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 7
Date: March 17-23, 2012
Kazakhstan
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Minister of Labor visits Almaty region on employment program
Unemployed Zhanaozen residents to grow cucumbers and tomatoes In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/923231 or here.
Police reveals 80 cases of human trafficking for 5 days in Kazakhstan In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/921731 or here. |
Kyrgyzstan
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International congress of Kyrgyzstanis and compatriots Zamandash initiates third world kurultai In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/922441 or here.
Kyrgyzstan trade unions unhappy with new draft Labor Code setting a ‘slavery system’ in their opinion In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/923831 or here.
A rally of labor migrants in the capital of Kyrgyzstan In Russian: http://eng.24.kg/community/2012/03/19/23467.html.
MFA KR meets labor migrants working in Kazakhstan and demanding their rights protection In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/922111 or here.
Svetlana Semenova: New Labor Code adoption speeded up
Protesting trade unions threaten to strike third revolution in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: here.
Association of Crisis Centers asks Prosecutor General’s Office, Home Affairs Ministry and Ombudsman to pay attention to rape cases of Kyrgyz women in Russia In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/921861 or here.
S.Isakov on change of Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan in RF: It is a regular rotation of diplomatic missions’ heads In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news:921801/ or here.
Ednan Karabayev: Cancellation of the contract on simplified citizenship by Russia is not associated with the statements of Kyrgyzstan’s President in Moscow In English: http://eng.24.kg/cis/2012/03/13/23377.html.
70 percent of labor migrants in Kyrgyzstan suffering tuberculosis have its chronic form In Russian: http://www.24.kg/community/124554-v-kyrgyzstane-70-procentov-trudovyx-migrantov.html.
Ural volunteers teach Russian language to labor migrants in Osh In Russian: http://fergana.akipress.org/news:179001/.
Private screening of film “Empty House” produced by Nurbek Egen held in Bishkek In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/924351 or here.
JK members meet Kyrgyz citizens in Washington In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/922901 or here.
Kyrgyz diaspora celebrates Noruz in Moscow In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/34/38369/273.py.
Kyrgyz Ambassador in Germany meets Kyrgyz diaspora representatives In Russian: here. |
Tajikistan
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Dushanbe airport opens migration selection center before departure to Russia In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/923031 or here.
Special electronic service system for labor migrants to be created In English: http://news.tj/en/news/special-electronic-service-system-labor-migrants-e-created.
Payment for labor makes only 12.8% of total income of Tajikistan population In Russian: here.
Tajikistan may increase pension In Russian: http://www.toptj.com/News/2012/03/19/v_tadzhikistane_obeshayut_povysit_pensii.
Work registration books to be cancelled? In Russian: http://www.toptj.com/News/2012/03/19/trudovye_knizhki_likvidiruyut.
Part of Tajik citizens leave Syria In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/923761 or here. |
Uzbekistan
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Navruz celebrated in Moscow In Russian: http://ca-news.org/news/921961 or here.
Emigrants start packing to go to Volga In Russian: http://www.vesti.uz/migration//article/28836.
Uzbek citizen asks FMS to send him to homeland In Russian: http://www.newkaliningrad.ru/news/incidents/1484823-uzbek-poprosil-migratsionnuyu-sluzhbu-otpravit-ego-na-rodinu.html.
HIV positive refugee wins court to live in Russia In Russian: http://www.rg.ru/2012/03/22/reg-pfo/spid-anons.html. |
Russia
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Russia to spend 86 billion rubles for migrants In Russian: http://www.baltinfo.ru/2012/03/19/Na-privlechenie-migrantov-Rossiya-potratit-86-mlrd-rublei-266494.
FMS head to report on migration policy in Duma In Russian: http://www.baltinfo.ru/2012/03/21/Glava-FMS-otchitaetsya-v-Gosdume-266923.
FMS head suggests extending duration of entry ban for deported migrants up to 5 years In Russian: here.
Mathematics of Migration. Russian FMS presents a concept of migration policy in numbers and facts to MPs In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news.php?st=1332413280.
CPRF pay attention to gaps in migration policy In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2012/03/21/960060.html.
3.2-4 million labor migrants work in Russia illegally, says FMS head Romodanovski In Russian: http://www.echomsk.spb.ru/news/obschestvo/ot-3-2-do-4-mln-trudovykh-migrantov-rabotayut.html.
Romodanovski: Only electronic registration system for foreigners entering Russia can prevent illegal migration In Russian: http://www.echomsk.spb.ru/news/politika/predotvratit-nelegalnuyu-trudovuyu-immigratsiyu.html.
FMS will not allow creation of ‘ethnic ghetto’ in Russia In Russian: http://www.baltinfo.ru/2012/03/21/FMS-ne-dopustit-sozdaniya-v-Rossii-etnicheskikh-getto-267056.
FMS: innovations in Russia are impossible without migrants In Russian: http://www.russia-on.ru/18829.
Diplomats obliged to care for compatriots In Russian: http://www.vesti.uz/diaspora//article/28896.
Migration service head denies growth of crime among migrants in the region
Kolpino migrants to learn Russian language In Russian: http://www.baltinfo.ru/2012/03/22/Migranty-Kolpino-budut-izuchat-russkii-yazyk-na-kursakh-267359.
Russian migration issues discussed at the President’s Council
Kaliningrad citizens do not want jobs occupied by Gastarbeiter |
Multilateral
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Illegal migration issues In Russian: http://www.toptj.com/News/2012/03/20/voprosy_nezakonnoy_migracii.
“Organized” migrants from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to arrive in Russia by March end In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/10/38368/779.py.
FMS: RF will continue cooperation with Kyrgyzstan on citizenship issue In Russian: http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2012/03/22/960437.html.
Misharin: Economy growth in Middle Ural is not feasible without migrants In Russian: here. |
Analytics
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Labor migrants prefer paying for legal status by simplified procedure In Russian: http://www.zpress.kg/news/news_only/6/38359/101.py.
Unexpected come In Russian: http://www.trud.ru/article/21-03-2012/273864_zhdem_odnix_priezzhajut_drugie.html.
NTV: Which migrants succeeded not only remain but gain recognition of the society? (Video)
Tajiks become servants of Chinese in Tajik land In Russian: http://www.centrasia.ru/news.php?st=1332414240.
Invitation to a ball In Russian: http://www.vz.ru/society/2012/3/21/569934.html. |
Publications
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News of Regional Program on Migration in Central Asia and Russia, UN Women In Russian: here.
News of Labor Migration from Tajikistan. Review of media on CA and RF No 37 In Russian: here. |
Announcements
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Call for video-films! Three winners to visit Geneva In Russian: http://www.jashtar.kg/index.php/news/245-vnimanie-videokonkurs-troe-pobeditelej-poedut-v-zhenevu. |
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