News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 7 (2018)

Senate of Kazakhstan adopted amendments to the legislation on employment and migration issues

In Russian: http://www.enbek.gov.kz/en/node/348974.

Number of illegal migrants from Kyrgyzstan decreased in South Korea

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/v-iuzhnoi-koree-sokratilos-chislo-nelegal-nykh-migrantov-iz-kyrgyzstana/.

Armed conflicts, complex political situation - causes of migration

In Russian: here.

South Korea to change selection criteria for attracting skilled workers, including from the KR

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/iuzhnaia-koreia-izmenit-kriterii-otbora-dlia-privlecheniia-kvalifitcirovannykh-rabochikh-v-tom-chisle-iz-kr/.

Since 2010, 214 citizens of the CNR received Kyrgyz citizenship, 129 of them are ethnic Kyrgyz

In Russian: http://www.kabar.kg/news/s-2010-goda-214-grazhdan-knr-poluchili-grazhdanstvo-kr-iz-nikh-129-etnicheskie-kyrgyzy/. 

Tajikistan takes second place among CIS countries in terms of remittances from Russia

In Russian: http://www.news.tj/en/news/tajikistan/society/20180323/tadzhikistan-vtoroi-v-sng-po-denezhnim-perevodam-iz-rossii.

Ministry of Labor commented on the Agreement on stay permit of Tajik citizens in Kazakhstan

In Russian: http://avesta.tj/2018/03/30/mintruda-prokommentirovalo-soglashenie-o-poryadke-prebyvaniya-grazhdan-tadzhikistana-v-kazahstane/.

Uzbekistan leads in terms of remittances from Russia

In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/uzbekistantsy-zanyali-pervoe-mesto/.

Uzbekistan takes third place among the countries sending migrants to Russia

In Russian: http://podrobno.uz/cat/obchestvo/uzbekistan-zanyal/. 

Russian Deputy suggested chipping labor migrants

In Russian: https://vz.ru/news/2018/3/29/915001.html.

Ministry of Internal Affairs plan to simplify process of obtaining citizenship

In Russian: https://ria.ru/society/20180326/1517289741.html.

Timur Zhaksylykov: "Organization of an international network of HR services and qualifications assessments of labor migrants increase competence of participants in the international labor market and EAEC workforce"

In Russian: http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/23-03-2018-1.aspx.

Agreement on EAEC is an effective mechanism for regulating labor migration at the regional level

In Russian: http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/nae/news/Pages/30-03-2018-7.aspx

Anticipating water woes can ease migration burden

In English: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1107387/icode/.

Meet the Human Faces of Climate Migration

In English: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2018/03/19/meet-the-human-faces-of-climate-migration.

UN forum examines role partnerships play in tackling global migration challenge

In English: https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/03/1005951.

Migrants save Russian economy

In Russian: https://vz.ru/economy/2018/3/20/913215.html.

Membership of Kyrgyzstan in EAEC did not improve situation of migrants

In Russian: https://eng.azattyk.org/a/kyrgyzstan-migrants-russia/29112548.html.

This year, about 2.5 thousand Uzbeks will be provided with jobs in Turkey

In Russian: https://rus.ozodlik.org/a/29109906.html.

Migrants are not looking for work

In Russian: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3586233.

Tajiks and Uzbeks told Moscow authorities about real problems of migrants

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/28953-tadzhiki-i-uzbeki-rasskazali-vlastjam-moskvy-o-realnyh-problemah-migrantov.html.

Why migrants from Uzbekistan so dream of a car

In Russian: http://www.stanradar.com/news/full/28947-pochemu-migranty-iz-uzbekistana-tak-mechtajut-ob-avtomobile.html.

PLURAL+ 2018 Call for Applications Now Open!

In English: https://pluralplus.unaoc.org/. 

Request for a competitive application - Creation of resource centers for migrants

In Russian: http://iom.kg/?p=2480.