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Media Digest July 2022

2022-08-03

Azerbaijan

EU Cooperation

The study visit on the status of foreign domestic workers to Spain (5-8 July 2022) organised by ICMPD Azerbaijan
English

State Bodies dealing with Migration

Closing ceremony of the "Migration School 4" project
English

Georgia

EU Cooperation

Ambassador Carl Hartzell is completing his diplomatic mission in Georgia
English
European Commission 2023 enlargement package to give Georgia time for “thorough work” on EU membership priorities
English
European Council President says EU “ready” to grant candidate status to Georgia once conditions are met
English

Border Management

Border Police installing warning signs to prevent violations, issues list of fines
English

Remittances

Money transfers to Georgia up 111.7% in June
English

Refugees and asylum seekers

Number of Georgians seeking EU asylum up 68%
English

Kazakhstan

EU Cooperation

10th EU-Kazakhstan High-Level Business Platform focussed on Cooperation in the Area of Raw Materials and Sustainable Mining
English
European Union-ITC project Ready4Trade launched the Kazakhstan Trade Portal
English

State Bodies dealing with Migration

Over 12 thousand violations of migration legislation revealed in Kazakhstan
Russian

NGOs dealing with Migration

Together Against Human Trafficking: Challenges, Successful Practices, Prospects for Cooperation
Russian

Kyrgyzstan

Migration issues and challenges

400 children, 200 women - citizens of Kyrgyzstan are in prisons in Iraq, Syria
English
5,400 children of migrants live not with their relatives
English
79 children returned from Iraqi prisons to Kyrgyzstan
English
MFA Informational Note
Russian

Border Management

Central Asia states are threatened from outside, leader of Turkmenistan believes
English
Heads of Central Asian countries sign agreement, approve road map
English
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agree on some disputed border areas
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Presidents of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan not sign Treaty of Friendship
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Summit of Heads of Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan about border disputes
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Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to sign Friendship Treaty in near future
English

Moldova

EU Cooperation

EU Justice and Home Affairs Council discusses, for the first time, extending the European security area to include Moldova
English
Moldovan authorities initiate action plan on carrying out European Commission's recommendations
English

IOs dealing with Migration

Border Police receives equipment for responding to urgent needs
English
UNDP supports socio-economic inclusion of refugees from Ukraine in Moldovan society and economy
English

Migration issues and challenges

Young people, migrants from Moldovan capital to benefit from financial support to start, develop businesses
English

Border Management

Crossing the Moldovan-Romanian border will be facilitated
English
EU creates in Moldova an EU hub for internal security and border management
English

Trafficking in Human Beings

Exhibition on fight against human trafficking held in Chisinau
English

Remittances

Instead of €100, Moldovans from diaspora need to send home €150
English

Diaspora

Government approves exemption of taxes on personal assets for Moldovans returning from Diaspora
English

Refugees and asylum seekers

Moldova has registered a record number of asylum applications
English

Russia

Migration issues and challenges

Aliyev approved the agreement between Azerbaijan and Russia in the field of pension provision
Russian
In Russia, migrants will be allowed to use free medical services
Russian
Russia decides to amnesty almost 50,000 migrants from Kyrgyzstan
Russian

Migrant stories

A second wave of Russians is fleeing Putin’s regime
English

Mobility

Amendments to the law "On the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation" came into force in Russia
Russian
How is the current wave of emigration different from others? People of which occupations have left? Are emigrants going to return?
Russian
Russia will not open the issuance of electronic visas to foreigners yet - Russian Foreign Ministry
Russian
Villas by the sea: Rich Russians fleeing sanctions are pumping up Dubai’s property sector
English

Labour migration

By train from Tashkent: labour migrants return to Russia
Russian
Human rights activists assessed the prospects of the Russian labor market for migrants for the next 10 years
Russian
Migrants from Tajikistan will work at South Korean factories in Russia
Russian
Support of the economy: Why labour migrants did not leave Russia
Russian
Uzbek migrants prefer to travel to Russia on their own. The organized recruitment of labor migrants to Russia through the state bodies of Uzbekistan has decreased by almost six times.
Russian

Remittances

Sanctions, Migration of Russian Citizens to Kazakhstan Boost Popularity of Money Transfer Systems
English

Other

A potential 500 billion rubles annually leave alongside emigrants from Russia
Russian
Russia’s Population Decline Hits Record Rate
English
The Ministry of Finance proposed to tax Russians abroad
Russian

Tajikistan

EU Cooperation

Achievements of the Health Program financed by the European Union were discussed in Dushanbe
Russian
Meeting of the Deputy Minister with the Ambassador of Germany
Russian
Meeting with the Vice President of the Association of Austrian Chambers of Commerce
Russian
Reuters: European Union instructed to allocate billions for the completion of Rogun
Russian
Rogun can receive loans from the European Investment Bank on a par with EU grants
Russian
Tajikistan seeks correspondent relations in Europe
Russian

State Bodies dealing with Migration

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia proposed to enter into the employment contracts of migrants the data of a single document with a chip
Russian

Migration issues and challenges

In Russia, migrants will be allowed to use free medical services
Russian
Russia proposes to tighten control over migrants after the brutal murder of a girl in Novosibirsk
Russian

Border Management

EU builds capacity of water sector team in Tajikistan
Russian
Head of the Customs Service: "The closure of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border put an end to smuggling"
Russian
Meeting of topographic working groups of government delegations of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic
Russian
Rahmon and Japarov agreed to intensify the work of intergovernmental commissions on cooperation, borders and water
Russian
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan completed the stage of negotiations on the demarcation of borders
Russian
The Committee on Land Management of Tajikistan clarified the issues of the border with neighboring countries
Russian
Why was a conference on Afghanistan actually held in Tashkent
Russian

Labour migration

Portal "Migrant": answers to all questions
Russian
To replace Ukrainian migrants. Citizens of Central Asia are now going to migrate to Poland
Russian

Remittances

Money transfers in April-May to some CIS countries from Russia set a record
Russian

Refugees and asylum seekers

146 citizens of the republic will be returned from Syria to Tajikistan today
Russian

Other

Shavkat Mirziyoyev called on the Interim Government of Afghanistan to break ties with international terrorism
Russian

Turkmenistan

IOs dealing with Migration

A meeting was held with the UNHCR Senior Statelessness Officer in the Asia-Pacific region Matthias Reuss
English
Risk management based on the analysis of nonverbal communication in focus of OSCE-organized regional workshop in Turkmenistan
English
UNODC in Turkmenistan invited national and international practitioners to share international judicial cooperation and mutual legal assistance in transnational trafficking in persons cases
English

Border Management

Cooperation between the border guard, migration and customs authorities of Turkmenistan enhanced by expertise from Europe
English

Ukraine

EU Cooperation

EU anticipates potential new 'migration waves'
English
Maryna Lazebna and members of the European Parliament discussed the protection of the rights of Ukrainian women from the negative consequences of the war and the risks of discrimination in the labor market
Ukrainian
The EU handed over helmets and body armor worth almost 1 million euros to the border guards
Ukrainian
Ukraine and Poland signed the Political Declaration on the Protection of Children's Rights
Ukrainian

State Bodies dealing with Migration

Digest from the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine for citizens who plan to temporarily leave Ukraine or have already left abroad
Ukrainian
Ukraine recovery: Lugano Conference participants sign Outcome Declaration
English
US and Ukraine First Ladies discuss humanitarian projects
English

IOs dealing with Migration

Guterres: “Long road” toward rebuilding Ukraine must start now
English
Istanbul initiative to unblock agricultural exports from Ukraine must be fully implemented – UN Secretary-General
English
Ministry of Social Policy and UN Women in Ukraine: coordination of joint actions
Ukrainian
New Partnership To Bring Remote Work Opportunities to Displaced Ukrainians
English
Registration of IDPs in conditions of active military operations. Presentation of the project
Ukrainian
The Ministry of Social Policy handed over to the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine a register with 62,702 applications for the payment of aid
Ukrainian
UN received over 150 reports of sexual violence committed by Russian troops in Ukraine
English

Migration issues and challenges

A meeting of the Head of the SMS Ukraine with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to Ukraine took place
Ukrainian
Briefing: International aid to Ukrainians affected by war
Ukrainian
Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Oksana Zholnovych held a working meeting with German Federal Ministers Hubertus Heil and Nancy Feser
Ukrainian
More than 5 million people from Ukraine entered Poland since war started
English
Ukraine is strengthening cooperation with the NATO Trust Fund for Medical Rehabilitation
Ukrainian

Border Management

The situation at checkpoints on the western border
Ukrainian

Trafficking in Human Beings

The war in Ukraine created a human trafficking crisis
English
Where to turn in case of human trafficking, first steps
Ukrainian

Other

Grain exports from Ukraine: Joint Coordination Center officially opens in Istanbul
Ukrainian

Uzbekistan

EU Cooperation

EU Central Asia Ministerial Meeting and the first regional EU Central Asia Connectivity conference and will be held in November
English
It is important that the reforms move forward, do not remain at the level of strategies — EU Ambassador to Uzbekistan
Russian
The Uzbek Foreign Minister met with the ambassadors of the EU states in Uzbekistan
Russian
The Uzbek-European Agreement on Expanded Partnership and cooperation was initialed in Brussels
English
Uzbekistan’s FM receives EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan
English

Border Management

Five rockets landed on the territory of Uzbekistan bordering Afghanistan
Russian
Representatives of the special services of the Turkic-speaking countries discussed the situation in the zones of terrorist activity in the Middle East and Afghanistan in Kyrgyzstan
Russian
Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan V.Norov at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Afghanistan
English
The International Forum on Countering the Financing of Terrorism is being held in the capital of Kazakhstan
Russian
The Taliban announced the elimination of ISIS members involved in the shelling of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Russian
Uzbekistan is waiting for the Taliban to confirm that there is no threat to the security of its neighbors
Russian
Uzbekistan urges Taliban to sever ties with terrorists
Russian
Vladimir Norov meets with Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister
English

Labour migration

Agency for External Labor Migration publishes number of citizens employed abroad over 6 months
English
An employer in Volgograd collects passports from Uzbek migrants, forces them to work
English
Bilateral documents signed with the State of Israel in the field of labor migration
English
The number of labor migrants from Uzbekistan has increased by 20%
Russian

Trafficking in Human Beings

USAID helped to return 35 victims of human trafficking to Uzbekistan
English
Uzbekistan maintains its position in American annual report on human trafficking in the world
English

Other

18 people were killed in Karakalpakstan during mass riots
Russian
Address by President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the fourth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia
English
Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposes to establish a permanent consultation of heads of special services of Central Asian countries
English
Statement of the host country of the International Conference on Afghanistan
Russian
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan reported an attempt to seize state authorities in Karakalpakstan
Russian