News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 40
Date: April 5- 19, 2013
Kazakhstan
| Kazakhstan simplifies procedures of issuing work permits to foreigners In Russian: . 
 Kazakh MFA: The tightening of entry to Russia for citizens of CIS does not apply to Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Large-scale job fair in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Unemployment rate in March - 0.6% In Russian: . 
 500,000 jobs to be created in Kazakhstan for women of pre retirement age In Russian: . 
 Kazakh government is considering the introduction of a new type of tax for labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Day of Migration Police of Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Unemployment in Kazakhstan in 2012 amounted to 5.3% In Russian: . 
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Kyrgyzstan
| "Zamandash" association is planning to hold number of events dedicated to the issues of migration. In Russian: 
 Kyrgyz Diasporas ask to provide tax breaks for investments of migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Members of KR Parliament discussed in Moscow the problems of educating young migrants In Russian: . 
 Most of the women migrants in Russia are from Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Bolot Otunbaev: Our diplomats will support Kyrgyz migrants In Russian: . 
 Activists help children of migrants to keep in touch with parents In Russian: . 
 Member of Parliament from the Social Democratic Party demands from Russia to open language testing centre for migrants from Kyrgyzstan in KRSU In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers from the south of Tajikistan opt for seasonal work at the Russia’s remote regions In Russian: . 
 Job fair held in Bishkek In Russian: . 
 II World Forum of Kyrgyz Diasporas abroad in San Marino In Russian: . 
 579,000 labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan in Russia In Russian: . 
 Almost $ 271 million of remittances to Kyrgyzstan for the first two months of 2013 In Russian: . 
 Official unemployment rate in Kyrgyzstan was 2.5% from the beginning of the year In Russian: . 
 Research: Only 51% of rural workers have full-time employment in Kyrgyzstan in comparison with 96% of workers in the capital In Russian: . 
 370 of migrants from Kyrgyzstan died in Russia in 2012 In Russian: . 
 9 unemployed in Kyrgyzstan claim for one free workplace In Russian: . 
 There are a number of insinuations against Kyrgyz migrants - A.Asanbaev In Russian: . 
 State Register of Kyrgyzstan: it is possible to have a dual citizenship In Russian: . 
 Parliament Deputy concerned about the safety of students and migrants from Kyrgyzstan in South Korea In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz diplomats want to receive regular information about citizens who are denied entry to Russia In Russian: . 
 "Freedom House" names limitation of the departure of young Kyrgyz women as "discrimination" In Russian: . 
 Muslim clergy to help to Kyrgyz citizens in Russia In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz remittances increase 20% from 2012 In English: . 
 Bishkek to host job fair In Russian: 
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Tajikistan
| Problems of social adaptation of Tajik migrants in Russian society were discussed in Moscow In Russian: . 
 H. Umarov: Tajikistan will be in complete default without remittances In Russian: . 
 Opinion: Tajik migrants flood to Kazakhstan in case of entry restriction to Russia In Russian: . 
 NDPT holds job fair in Sughd In Russian: . 
 Russia border service offers to suspend rail links with Tajikistan In Russian: . 
 400,000 deported Tajik migrants awaiting return to Russia In Russian: . 
 More than 220,000 people have left Tajikistan in Q1 2013 seeking better employment opportunities In Russian: . 
 FMS: Most migrants in Russia are from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan In Russian: . 
 Jonathan Dunn: "Tajikistan's economy is heavily dependent on remittances" In Russian: . 
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Uzbekistan
| Uzbekistan - leader in terms of remittances from Russia In Russian: . 
 Level of employment raises In Russian: . 
 Job fair In Russian: . 
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Russia
| A call-center will be opened in Moscow in support of Kyrgyz compatriots. In Russian: 
 State Duma deputies propose to conduct a raid on illegal immigrants without Prosecutors In Russian: . 
 Russia has not given permission to pass language test for migrants abroad In Russian: . 
 A.Grozin: Anti-immigrant hysteria in Russia lacks a basis in reality In Russian: . 
 More than 40-60 thousand children of migrants work in Russia In Russian: . 
 Language training of Kyrgyz migrants starts in Tomsk In Russian: . 
 Russia is interested only in a law-abiding foreigners In Russian: . 
 State Duma to consider a bill on the exam for migrants In Russian: . 
 Law on the right of entry of foreigners to Russia is approved In Russian: . 
 Migration Service of Russia to support migrants who pass courses in Russian with finding job In Russian: . 
 Moscow authorities for a passport for immigrants In Russian: . 
 Migrants have one and half years for a thorough study of the Russian language and Russian history In Russian: . 
 Migration to Russia breaks all records In Russian: . 
 Prison term for the employment of illegal immigrants In Russian: . 
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Multilateral
| Research: 16% of Kyrgyz citizens and 13% Kazakh citizens want to leave abroad In Russian: . 
 Desire to Leave FSU Ranges Widely Across Countries In English: . 
 Immigrants from Asia - the new elite of America In Russian: . 
 Visas for the citizens of the CIS is not solution to the problem of illegal migration - experts In Russian: . 
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International News
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 Rallies to support of 11-million illegal immigrants in U.S. In Russian: . 
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Analytics
| How to teach migrants in History of Russia? In Russian: . 
 Feel like a migrant In Russian: . 
 "Vzglyad": Anyway they will come. Cancel of train from Dushanbe to Moscow is not a solution to illegal migration problem In Russian: . 
 Leader of the migrants about the Tajik trains: the drugs are being carried from there to Kremlin In Russian: . 
 How to go to labor migration and not disappear? In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz migrants in a special account of Russian employers In Russian: . 
 Labor migration from Kyrgyzstan to Russia: New Prospects for International Cooperation (part 2) In Russian: . 
 Youth unemployment: is there light at the end of the tunnel? In Russian: 
 Labor migration. One-way ticket In Russian: . 
 Russia: what to do with migrants? In Russian: . 
 Migrants in Moscow - Life in queues In Russian: . 
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Publications
| New issue of “Your right. Migration”, â„– 8, April 2013 In Russian: . 
 New Issue of “Compatriots” â„– 4, April 2013 In Russian: . 
 Recognition of Qualifications and Competences of Migrants In English: . 
 Improving Access to Labor Market Information for Migrants and Employers In English: . 
 Migration, Employment and Labor Market Integration Policies in the European Union (2011) In English: . 
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Announcements
| Regional Forum on Migration next week in Bishkek In Russian: . 
 IX Migration Summer School: Theories, Methods and Policies In English: . 
 Competitive recruitment of willing to be trained in the field of: "machinist of the crane car" and "roofer of roll roofing and roof made of artificial materials" In Russian: . 
 6th Chinese in Prato Symposium and 4th Wenzhouese Diaspora Symposium on Chinese migration, entrepreneurship and development in the new global economy In Russian: . 
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