NEWS DIGEST ON MIGRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA NO 23
Date: July 20 – 26, 2012
Kazakhstan
| Kazakhstan approves quotas for foreign labor in priority projects In Russian: or here. 
 China asks Kazakhstan to streamline labor visas In English: . 
 Labor and Social Protection Ministry of the RK holds an extensive board meeting on social and labor issues In Russian: . 
 Employment - 2020 Program employs 100 thousand Kazakhstanis - Minister of Labor In Russian: . 
 Unemployment rate in Kazakhstan estimated at 5.2% in June 2012 In Russian: or here. 
 Over 120 companies owe salaries to their workers in Kazakhstan - Minister of Labor In Russian: . | 
Kyrgyzstan
| Official opening of the Employment Centre under the Ministry of Youth, Labor and Employment In English: . 
 "Central Asia on the Move" Program launched in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov meets with compatriots in Russian regions In Russian: . 
 World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis and Compatriots plans to establish an Investment Fund in Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . 
 Annually $1.6 billion sent to Kyrgyzstan by migrant workers In Russian: . 
 O. Babanov: By 2017 the average salary in Kyrgyzstan will be 30 thousand KGS and each family will have at least 3 children In Russian: or here. 
 The Head of the Youth Ministry A. Alymkulov: It is delightful to know that the majority of the participants of the "Mekendeshter" Forum are young Kyrgyzstanis In Russian: or here. 
 Ednan Karabaev: The World Congress will help us look at our problems from the outside In Russian: . 
 Tynchtybek Chorotegin: The World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis should become a permanent body In Russian: . 
 Emilbek Omurakunov: The World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis will become a starting point for people’s unity In Russian: . 
 Experts explain the growth of the volume of labor migrants’ remittances with the stability of the Russian economy In Russian: . 
 New routes for labor migration may be developed In Russian: . 
 Videoconference with representatives of the Russian Migration Service to be held in Bishkek In Russian: . 
 SPBM to open a Representative Office in Yekaterinburg In Russian: . 
 Forum of young people and representatives of the Kyrgyz Diaspora hosted in Munich In Russian: or here. 
 Bicycle and sailing race to be held in Issyk-Kul in the framework of the "Mekendeshter" Forum In Russian: . 
 New facts about the so-called “Patriot” Gang of Gastarbeiter from Kyrgyzstan In Russian: . | 
Tajikistan
| Tajikistan offers migrant workers to voluntarily contribute to social taxes In Russian: . 
 More than a thousand citizens of Tajikistan refused to fly to Russia In Russian: . 
 The representative of Tajikistan’s Migration Service holds a series of meetings in the Volgograd Region In Russian: . 
 137,000 migrants receive patents (work licenses) In Russian: . 
 Tajikistan witnesses growth of the volume of remittances In Russian: . 
 NDPT incites migrant workers to become members In Russian: . 
 Russia: Pamir natives in Moscow demonstrate to stop the military operation in Khorog In Russian: . 
 Tajikistanis in the USA protested against military operations in Khorog In Russian: . | 
Uzbekistan
| Rubber flats, the history of Moscow and Chekhov. The second issue of migrants’ “Uzbegim” newspaper In Russian: . 
 Employers’ rights under law protection In Russian: . 
 Competition among young entrepreneurs In Russian: . 
 An effective system of personnel training In Russian: . | 
Russia
| Round table "Demography, population, international migration ..." held in Moscow In Russian: . 
 Migrants from Central Asia as serious competitors for Russians in the job market In Russian: . 
 Foreigners may be required to have a medical examination for employment In Russian: . 
 Shoigu: Kyrgyzstan is interested in training specialists in the Moscow region In Russian: . 
 Podmoskovye Department of the FMS recognizes inefficiency of migration quota In Russian: . 
 Edward Kumyshev: Adaptation of migrants is an important aspect of government policy In Russian: . 
 St. Petersburg to teach migrants how to live in a European city In Russian: . 
 Inflow of migrant workers increases by 72% in Irkutsk oblast compared to 2011 In Russian: . 
 Tolyatti to open a hostel for migrant workers In Russian: . 
 Human rights reception office for migrant workers to open in Sochi In Russian: . 
 Number of illegal migration cases in Podmoskovye has declined 6 times In Russian: . 
 Detention center for illegal migrants to be opened in Kamchatka In Russian: . 
 Amurian businessman fined for illegal migrants In Russian: . | 
Multilateral
| Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan launch regional program to promote migrants’ rights In Russian: . 
 Not only Diaspora leaders to become members of the Council of Elders In Russian: . 
 Latvia starts to actively use the services of migrant workers from CIS countries In Russian: . | 
International News
| IOM appeals for $177 million In English: . 
 UK Border Agency backlog worries MPs In English: . 
 Ukraine and the EU to simplify visa regime In Russian: . | 
Analytics
| Kyrgyzstan: Some students find loophole in US State Department program In English: . 
 Remittances of migrant workers go to waste In Russian: . 
 Simple stories of complex migration In Russian: . 
 UNDP’s Office of the Senior Economist predicts a decline in remittances to Kyrgyzstan by labor migrants In Russian: . 
 Tajik unemployment fuels Islamic militancy (audio report) In English: . 
 Life in Tajikistan becomes more difficult In Russian: . 
 The end of the Gastarbeiter myth In Russian: . 
 Konstantin Romodanovsky: No reinforcement of migration policy. Higher charges against law violators (interview with "Rossiyskaya Gazeta") In Russian: . 
 Yurii Krupnov: "Migration Policy Concept is a monument to bureaucratic self-destructive policy on the elimination of national economy and population" In Russian: . 
 Rules of hospitality In Russian: . 
 Greetings from the very "heart of Russia" In Russian: . 
 "Mekendeshter" Forum: A look at Medicine from abroad In Russian: . 
 Daniyar Derkembaev: "The World Congress should become a unifying body for hundreds of Diasporas around the world" In Russian: . 
 Kyrgyzstan is in our heart, not a burden on our shoulders In Russian: . 
 Employment - 2020 Program provides assistance to unemployed in organizing their workplace, business and life, - Ali Bektaev In Russian: . 
 What can the Diaspora do? In Russian: . 
 Get a work license and work In Russian: . | 
Publications
| New issue of “Your right. Migration”, â„– 15, August 2012 In Russian: . 
 Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries In English: . | 
Announcements
| Bishkek to host the First World Congress of Kyrgyzstanis and Compatriots In Russian: or here. | 
 
                        