Enhancing cooperation among the Prague Process states

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Media Digest January 2020

2020-03-06

Armenia

EU Cooperation

Armenia’s Ombudsman and Migration Service Chief hold meeting with EU delegation
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Cooperation with the EU France to start implementing readmission agreement signed with Armenia
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EU Ambassador to Armenia on the Country’s Migration and Refugee Challenges
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

The housing issue of 180 families deported from Azerbaijan will be solved
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Migration issues and challenges

Iranians hold the first place as asylum seekers from Armenia
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The flow of returnees from EU will increase this year
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Azerbaijan

State Bodies dealing with Migration

“Migration School - 2” project of the State Migration Service continues successfully
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Action Plan of “Migration Volunteers” considered for 2020 the “Year of Volunteers” approved
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Presentation of “Travel document” to persons who obtained refugee status in Azerbaijan and www.migrationto.az website held
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State Migration Service presented the website www.migrationto.az developed within the EU-funded and ICMPD implemented MOBILAZE project.
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IOs dealing with Migration

ICMPD representative delivered a presentation to Migration School – 2 project
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State Migration Service presented the website www.migrationto.az developed within the EU-funded and ICMPD implemented MOBILAZE project.
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Other

Бывших граждан не бывает: выходцы из Азербайджана получат особое удостоверение
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В Азербайджане создается Фонд поддержки диаспоры
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Belarus

EU Cooperation

Belarus, EU sign visa facilitation agreement, readmission agreement
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

Belarus and Russia plan to draft a joint list of citizens restricted to travel abroad by March 1
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Georgia

EU Cooperation

EU Special Representative Klaar Concludes Georgia Visit
Georgian

Migrant stories

Migrant stories, experiences at centre of Contemporary Art Space Batumi display
Georgian

Border Management

EU provides Georgian gov’t with advanced border management and crime-fighting equipment
Georgian

Other

NDI poll: 82% of Georgians support EU, 74%- NATO membership
Georgian
President’s press service says President of Israel promised President of Georgia to speed up the process of legal employment of Georgians in Israel
Georgian
The volume of remittances to Georgia grew by 9%
Georgian
What are the top countries from where people come to work in Georgia?
Georgian

Kazakhstan

EU Cooperation

Germany is interested in expanding comprehensive economic cooperation with Kazakhstan
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Green Central Asia Environmental Initiative Launched in Berlin
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

On January 10, the law on amendments and additions to the Kazakhstan migration legislation comes into force
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NGOs dealing with Migration

Public Fund Kaisar
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Stop Trafficking
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Migration issues and challenges

Facts of dual citizenship found in Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan lost 26,000 as a result of migration
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More than 30 channels of illegal migration revealed by the border service
Russian

Border Management

Nigerian citizens detained at airport with fake visas
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Regular meeting of the Joint Kazakh-Uzbek Demarcation Commission held in Tashkent
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They tried to transport a mining farm for mining bitcoins to Kazakhstan from China
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Moldova

EU Cooperation

EUBAM and Ukrainian customs leadership discuss joint control at two more checkpoints
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Moldovan president asks European institutions to support citizens of Moldova, not parties
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

Moldova faces it is acute demographic crisis since independence
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IOs dealing with Migration

OSCE special representative for Transnistrian settlement process to visit Moldova
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Over 1,050 complaints filed by the ECtHR against Moldova
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Migration issues and challenges

Increased fee for work permits in Russia: Moldovans to pay more to work in Moscow
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More than twice as many Moldovan men than women residing abroad in 2018
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National Bank: Remittances to Moldova decreased in 2019
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Migrant stories

Works of a Moldovan painter displayed in Strasbourg
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Border Management

Tiraspol bans movement of vehicles with Moldovan registration numbers in breakaway Transnistrian
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Mobility

Why fewer Moldovans are choosing the country's universities. Fewer and fewer students at universities in the country. According to a report by IDIS Viitorul, for 24 years no such small number of students has been registered. The specialists argue that the
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Other

Sweden supports implementation of reforms in Moldova
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Tajikistan

EU Cooperation

Meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan with the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany
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Meeting with the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia
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Political consultations between Tajikistan and Italy
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Migration issues and challenges

Tajik cisteze was cheated on
Russian

Border Management

Four Kyrgyz citizens detained after conflict on border with Tajikistan
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In Tajikistan, 20 people were detained in the case of an attack on the Ishkobod border post
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Negotiations are underway in Bishkek on the situation on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border
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New incident on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will be investigated together
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Options for sharing sections of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border will be developed by March
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OSCE launches project to strengthen Tajikistan’s border with Afghanistan
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Rahmon and Jeenbekov discuss land exchange in the border region
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Tajikistan agreed with Uzbekistan on border demarcation work
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Topographers began work on the exchange of plots of Tajikistan with Kyrgyzstan
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Таджикистан и США обсудили укрепление госграницы с Афганистаном
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Mobility

Tajikistan and Afghanistan signed Railroad Construction Agreement
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Other

Tajikistan has rised the ranking of military force
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The most popular regions of Russia among labor migrants are named
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Turkmenistan

EU Cooperation

SUCCESSIVE MEETING OF THE TURKMEN-GERMAN JOINT WORKING GROUP TOOK PLACE IN ASHGABAT
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The European Union will continue its strategic cooperation with Turkmenistan
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THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TURKMEN-HUNGARIAN COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION TOOK PLACE IN HUNGARY
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IOs dealing with Migration

Head of OSCE Center in Ashgabat summarized cooperation outcomes and announced new projects
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Border Management

Meeting with the coordinators of the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme
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Other

A MEETING WITH THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNODC WAS HELD AT THE MFA OF TURKMENISTAN
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DELEGATION OF TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPATED TO THE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE “GREEN CENTRAL ASIA”
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Meeting with representatives of the US Central Command (CENTCOM)
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Turkmenistan, UNODC 2020 Cooperation for Peace and Development
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Ukraine

State Bodies dealing with Migration

Now the main countries of exploitation of citizens of Ukraine are Russia and Ukraine - Serhii Nizhinsky
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OKSANA KOLIADA: MVTOT WILL BE REORGANIZED, FUTURE MINISTRY FOR REINTEGRATION MIGHT BE HEADED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
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Parliament's Committee supports ratification of the Agreement on employment and cooperation in the field of labor migration between Ukraine and Lithuania
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The citizens crossed the border with Russia less but traveled by sea and air more in 2019
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IOs dealing with Migration

Progress achieved in preparatory work for full-fledged joint controls at the UA-MD border
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Border Management

About 120,000 people are recorded in the border guard databases with restriction from leaving Ukraine due to non-payment of alimony
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EUBAM and its Partner Services’ achievements in 2019
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Head of EUBAM meets Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
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The United States Delegation Visited the Southern Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
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Mobility

2019 Polish Border: air travels on rise, denials of entry incresed. The number of Polish border crossings by air continued to grow rapidly (+ 75% over the year). The total number of land border crossings between Ukraine and Poland in both directions incre
Ukrainian
Starting from March, 1 Ukrainians will be able to travel to Russia only with travell passports
Ukrainian

Other

1 437 406 IDPs recorded in Ukraine
Ukrainian
Estimated population of Ukraine: 37 million 289 thousand people (infographic). It is the the number of people who are physically present in Ukraine as of December 1, 2019. Estimation was done using three methods and the maximum difference between the resu
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In Kiev, Muslims were detained around the mosque - Chubarov. The migration service and police detained Muslims as part of a raid to identify irregular migrants.
Ukrainian
More than one thousand foreigners obtained Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 by Presidential decrees
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Ukraine surpasses Belarus and Russia by minimum wage for the first time since 2008
Ukrainian
Wages in Ukraine expected to grow by 10% in 2020 - Mylovanov, Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture
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Uzbekistan

EU Cooperation

Ambassador of Uzbekistan speaks at Brussels Press Club
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Uzbek FM holds meeting with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

The governments of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan begin the fight against illegal migration: over a year 60 thousand illegal Uzbeks arrived in a neighboring country
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Uzbekistan defines a procedure for providing housing for labor migrants
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Uzbekistan has taken measures to strengthen guarantees for the protection of citizens working abroad
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IOs dealing with Migration

BLO Initiative: A New Level of Improved Cross Border Cooperation between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
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Promoting Regional Practical Cooperation among Port Control Units of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan under Global Container Control Programme
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State Customs Committee with Support of BLO officers of
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Border Management

A meeting of the Government delegations of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan takes place in Tashkent
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THE FIRST MEETING OF JOINT UZBEKISTAN – TAJIKISTAN DEMARCATION COMMISSION
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Uzbek-Tajik talks on demarcation of the interstate border held
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Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan discuss demarcation of the state borders
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Other

A group of jihadists detained in Tashkent
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An expanded meeting of the Security Council of Uzbekistan takes place
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Conflict occurred on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border near the village of Ak-Sai
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Why doesn’t the migrant recruitment work?
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