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Media Digest March 2021

2021-06-02

Armenia

EU Cooperation

Armenia: new regional development programme launched
English
EU will develop community capacities in 3 regions of Armenia
Armenian

State Bodies dealing with Migration

3 thousand 650 citizens have been served at the Unified office of Public Services - Ministry of Justice
Armenian
How is the process of asylum organized in Armenia? The Parliament discussed amendments to the Law
Russian
The Draft Law on establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be soon reviewed in the Government
Russian

Migration issues and challenges

Mass departure from Armenia: Why people are leaving and what could be next
English
The whole truth about migration
Russian
We have two flows of migration: Labour migrants and those, disappointed in RA processes
Armenian
Who are the Armenian labour migrants, and how many people are leaving? The whole truth about migration
Russian

Labour migration

Leaving millions of labour migrants’ children without parental care is a violation of human rights
English
Unified electronic platform for employment of foreign citizens will be developed
Armenian
Who come to Armenia for work and who for doing business
Armenian

Internally Displaced Persons

Several hundred of refugees bought flats with the new certificates in Armenia 
Russian

Azerbaijan

State Bodies dealing with Migration

14 years passed since the establishment of the State Migration Service
English
Agreement signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the ICMPD  on the status of the organization
English
DOST Centers opened / MLSPP
English

IOs dealing with Migration

Aliyev received delegation led by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office
English
ANAMA and UNDP join forces to support mine action in Azerbaijan
English
Chief of the State Migration Service met with the Head of the Representation of UNHCR in Azerbaijan
English

Migration issues and challenges

Azerbaijani IDPs take part in e-survey on return to Karabakh
English

Diaspora

Meeting on diaspora partnership
English
The contribution of the Diaspora network to society was discussed
English

Internally Displaced Persons

Azerbaijani IDPs take part in e-survey on return to Karabakh
English
Refusal to provide maps of mined lands affects IDPs return
English

Other

Citizens of Azerbaijan and Turkey can also use biometric ID cards for border crossing
English
Informal Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States
English
Period of special quarantine regime has been extended until June 01, 2021
English
UN, Azerbaijan sign new Cooperation Framework for 2021-2025
English

Georgia

EU Cooperation

EU-Georgia Association Council meets in Brussels to review bilateral relations
English
European Council appoints mediator to help Georgian political parties end tension
English
Georgia joins European Migration Network
English
Georgian ambassador to EU resigns
English
President of the European Council Charles Michel visits Georgia
English

Mobility

Lufthansa launches Frankfurt-Tbilisi flights, increases flight frequency on Tbilisi-Munich route
English
Which low cost airlines will resume operations in Georgia in mid-March?
English

Internally Displaced Persons

5,000 IDP families will receive new flats from government within 2 years
English

Other

Georgia marks 4th anniversary of visa-free travel to EU
English

Russia

State Bodies dealing with Migration

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia announced its readiness to completely reform the migration system
Russian
The Ministry of Internal Affairs will prepare proposals to extend the period of stay in Russia for children of migrants
Russian

Migration issues and challenges

In Russia, migrants and their employers will be obliged to register in electronic rosters
Russian
Khusnullin said that the shortage of builders in Russia will remain after the influx of migrants
Russian
Russia will create an analogue of
Russian
Small business in Russia was banned from recruiting migrants for construction sites
Russian
What has changed for migrants in Russia - new laws and regulations- 2021
Russian

Labour migration

A new procedure for attracting labour migrants has been determined in Russia
Russian
Russia prepares for a large-scale inflow of migrants
Russian
Russia, Uzbekistan Cooperation On Labour Migration To Reach Pre-Pandemic Level - Lavrov
English
The government will make it easier to attract labour migrants to construction sites
Russian
With migrant workers stuck at home, Russia leans on its own
English

Other

Explained: the unwillingness of labour migrants to come to Russia
Russian
Kyrgyzstan offered Russia to levy fines from migrants who violated traffic rules in the Russian Federation, directly on the territory of the republic.
Russian
Law-abiding migrants in Russia will be saved from deportation
Russian
Putin urged to monitor the share of migrant children in schools
Russian
Russia was at the top in terms of the number of migrants who moved to the EU countries
Russian
Russia will join the Charter of the International Organization for Migration
Russian
Russians and migrants will be covered by the All-Russian census
Russian
Since the beginning of the year, two times fewer migrants have been registered in Russia
Russian
The decrease in unemployment in Russia is associated with the fewer migrants
Russian
Transnational Repression 101: How Russia goes after its citizens abroad
English

Ukraine

EU Cooperation

EUBAM supports its partners in strategic intelligence analysis
English
Head of EUBAM meets with the Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration in Chisinau
English

State Bodies dealing with Migration

1,463,746 internally displaced persons were registered
Ukrainian
Automation of registration of persons who have acquired or terminated Ukrainian citizenship has been launched by all divisions of the SMS
Ukrainian
Government adopted a resolution regulating the procedure of a stateless person recognition
Ukrainian
Number of persons given the status of a victim of human trafficking by Ministry of Social Policy in 2021 - 12 (infographic)
Ukrainian
Verkhovna Rada equated digital images of ID-cards and  passports for travelling abroad to their physical analogues
Ukrainian

IOs dealing with Migration

UN opens Inclusive Dialogue for enhancing Migration Governance in Ukraine
English
UN Policy Paper on Migration
English

Migration issues and challenges

The National Human Rights Strategy has been adopted. Review from the R2P lawyers
English

Border Management

Crossing the contact line: February 2021 snapshot
English
Road Map of Decisions. Today's issues at Schengen border of Ukraine
Ukrainian
The State Border Guard Service continues to develop cooperation with Frontex
Ukrainian

Mobility

Zelensky signs law on issuing biometric Ukrainian visas to foreigners
English

Labour migration

An increasing number of Ukrainians want to go to work abroad - research
Russian
Rzeczpospolita: Ukrainians lose business in Ukraine and start new ones in Poland
Russian

Remittances

NBU expects remittances from Ukrainian migrant workers to reach $13B in 2021
English

Internally Displaced Persons

Inna Draganchuk: The voting rights of IDPs are fully guaranteed
Ukrainian

Other

Dual citizenship: Zelensky enacts NSDC decision on threats to national security
English
We plan to allow dual citizenship with EU countries – Kuleba
English

Eastern Europe and Central Asia (region-wide news)

State Bodies dealing with Migration

International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) published a handbook for journalists on Reporting Migration
English
The Collective Security Treaty Organization members discussed the irregular migration prevention and the
Russian