News Digest on Migration in Central Asia No 73
Date: July 11 – 24, 2014
Kazakhstan
| One of the lowest rates of youth unemployment in the world is in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Kazakhstan intends to simplify the conditions of entry for repatriates In Russian: . 
 Almost 100,000 foreigners visited Almaty from the beginning of this year In Russian: . 
 About 26,000 foreigners work in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
 Kazakh government amended the rules of entry and exit of immigrants In Russian: . 
 Kazakhstan to take fingerprints of migrants In Russian: . 
 Free legal assistance to migrant workers and their families provide in Kazakhstan In Russian: . 
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Kyrgyzstan
| Kyrgyzstan supported the idea of introduction a card for migrants in the CIS and particularly Russia In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Every second offense is committed in Bishkek because of active internal migration - police In Russian: . 
 The greatest number of emigrants on interregional migration remains in Naryn In Russian: . 
 700,000 migrants from the Kyrgyz Republic are in other countries – Ministry of Labor In Russian: . 
 Overall unemployment rate in Kyrgyzstan is 8.4 percent In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz citizens for legalization in Russia need to know 850 words In Russian:. 
 Group "Outbound community": Help workers and their families on the locally In Russian: . 
 Pensions for Kyrgyz labor migrants to set in other countries In Russian: . 
 EDB: GDP growth slowed in Kyrgyzstan due to the reduction of migrant remittances In Russian: . 
 MFA to offer developed countries to sign the Convention on the protection of migrants In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz people choose Korea, Russia and the UAE to work abroad In Russian: . 
 Bakyt Degenbaev: Migrants have the potential for development of Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz in Russia can be tested on language knowledge from September In Russian: . 
 Collection of biometric data of migrants in Kazakhstan starts in August In Russian: . 
 Giving preference for Kyrgyz migrants in joining the Custom Union depends on two agreements In Russian: . 
 Government can assist to Kyrgyz citizens living abroad to help homeland - N.Omurov In Russian: . 
 Elvira Sarieva: Increase in the number of migrants from Kyrgyzstan requires the development of new management tools of foreign employment In Russian: . 
 Aliyasbek Alymkulov: "Construction industry in Kyrgyzstan is developing because of our migrants" In Russian: . 
 Elvira Sarieva: "The government is developing a new migration policy" In Russian: . 
 Number of Kyrgyz, leaving to work in Kazakhstan, reduced twice In Russian: . 
 Remittances from Kyrgyz migrants, increasing annually by 15-16% In Russian: . 
 Aliyasbek Alymkulov: "This year, Kyrgyzstan issued 345 quotas for foreign specialists" In Russian: . 
 7500 people in Bishkek, registered as unemployed, 135 receive unemployment benefits In Russian: . 
 Over two thousand people approached the Job Center for KR citizens since the beginning of the year – Ministry of Labor In Russian: . 
 Foreign Affairs Ministry sent to Russia documents of 100 Kyrgyz for output from the "black list" of FMS In Russian: . 
 Problems of internal migrants discussed in Osh In Russian: . 
 At a joint meeting discussed the work of the commission to address the problems of internal migrants in Osh In Russian: . 
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Tajikistan
| Representatives of Tajikistan and Russia regions in October to meet in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Tagoeva: Number of traveling abroad Tajik migrants decreased In Russian: . 
 Amonatbonk: the volume of remittances decreased by 17% In Russian: . 
 PF "Panorama": Abandoned wives of migrants in need of support In Russian: . 
 Tajiks Labor Migrants Confused About Status In English: . 
 Institute of Russian Language and Culture of MSU ready to cooperate in the training of specialists for training and testing in the Russian language in Tajikistan In Russian: . 
 Ambassador of the RT in RF: Assistance for migrant workers is a priority task In Russian: . 
 Embassy of the RT and RF: Migrants insurance is a social responsibility In Russian: . 
 Insurance issues of migrant workers from Tajikistan discussed in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan in the last place among the CIS countries in the rating on social development In Russian: . 
 A. Shirinov: Remittances to Tajikistan decreased by 2% In Russian: . 
 More than 114 thousand residents left Northern Tajikistan In Russian: . 
 "Tochiksugurta" insured more than 7600 migrant workers for half a year In Russian: . 
 92 thousand 245 jobs created in Tajikistan for half a year In Russian: . 
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Russia
| Government approved a bill on insurance premiums for migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Omsk became the leader of Russia in terms of wanting to go to another city In Russian: . 
 Russian government supported the introduction of quotas for patents for migrants In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers to take exams in Russia In Russian: . 
 Exams on Russian language and history to be paid for migrants In Russian: . 
 Portals for learning Russian language abroad to be launched in September 2014 In Russian: . 
 Mobile application for migrants offer to create in Russia In Russian: . 
 Foreign migrant workers would be allowed to take exams many times In Russian: . 
 Migrants to correctly answer 40% of the questions to pass the exam on the history of the Russian Federation In Russian: . 
 Government of Russia increased by 53.5 % quota for the issuance of the TRP in 2014 In Russian: . 
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Multilateral
| Entry procedure of Central Asia citizens to Russia not yet changed In Russian: http://kginfo.ru/index.php/migranty/item/2091-poryadok-v'ezda-grazhdan-tsa-v-rossiyu-poka-chto-ne-izmenilsya.html. 
 Remittances to the economy of Central Asian republics In Russian: . 
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International News
| Three billionaire accused the U.S. Congress for the failure of immigration policy In Russian: . 
 ILO and World Bank Group to enhance access to index insurance in rural areas in Africa and Asia In English: . 
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Analytics
| 46 complex issues removed from tests for migrants In Russian: . 
 Migrants decided to make investments in Russian banks In Russian: . 
 Migration innovations In Russian: . 
 In Fergana people wait in line for two days to receive remittances In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers of terrorist specialties In Russian: . 
 Tests for migrants decided to ease In Russian: . 
 Labor migration or where to go for unemployed farmer In Russian: . 
 Russia and the Pamir. In the cold In Russian: . 
 Kazakhstan: an island of stability in an unstable region In Russian: . 
 From Central Asia to Moscow, Riding the Bribery Express In English: . 
 Federal Migration closure In Russian: . 
 Past and present of the country in 500 words In Russian: . 
 Ministry of Labor wrote out sick list for migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Better to confess to all in dual citizenship In Russian: . 
 Since September migrants wishing to work in Russia to take an exam, like Unified State Exam In Russian: . 
 Information campaign for young people of the southern region: Labor migration without risks In Russian: . 
 Moscow could not refuse janitors migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Migrant workers to be obliged to know the constitutional order of Russia In Russian: . 
 Knowledge of Russian language for the countries of Central Asia is becoming increasingly important in the light of increasing labor migration to Russia - expert In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan: Labor Migration Creates Orphan Conundrum In English: . 
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Publications
| New Issue of “Your Right. Migration” â„– 14, July 2014 In Russian: . 
 New Issue of “Compatriots” â„– 7, July 2014 In Russian: . 
 Making Your Travel Safe: Tips on Safe Migration Practices for Youth In English: . 
 Migration Crisis Operational Framework (One year of implementation 2012-2013) In English: . 
 News on Labor migration, â„–62 May-June 2014 In Russian: . 
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Announcements
| Roundtable on immigrants adaption In Russian: . 
 Grant competition under the project "Support to victims of human trafficking, vulnerable migrants, their families and communities in Central Asia" In Russian: . 
 Bishkek to host "Forum Mekendeshter 2014: Contribution to the future of Kyrgyzstan" In Russian: . 
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