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Media Digest May 2021

2021-06-14

Armenia

EU Cooperation

EU-Armenia Subcommittee on Justice, Freedom and Security holds 11th Meeting
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Inter-agency commission sums up reports on implementation of roadmap for EU-Armenia CEPA
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

Armenia to create unified electronic platform for hiring foreigners
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Migration issues and challenges

Migration negative saldo in 1 quarter of 2021 in Armenia has reduced to 30.6%
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Working places in Armenia pass over labour migrants
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Azerbaijan

EU Cooperation

MOBILAZE-2 project is starting from June 1 2021
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Nagorno Karabakh conflict: EU allocates additional €10 million to support those affected
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

Armenian Sabotage Group Members Detained After Crossing Border to Infiltrate Azerbaijan
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"Statelessness in Azerbaijan: Achievements and Goals" journal published
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Diaspora

First Vice-President made post on 21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
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Internally Displaced Persons

The meeting was held in ANAS Institute of Economics
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Other

Azerbaijan Receives More Turkish Minesweepers To Speed Up Mine Clearance in Karabakh Region
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First Secular Democracy of Muslim World - Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Turns 103
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Georgia

EU Cooperation

EU and Georgia celebrate Europe Day
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EU is the biggest supporter of private sector development in Georgia – Access to finance, to markets and to expertise is supported under the EU4Business programme
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Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova boost partnership for EU integration
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Mobility

Fully vaccinated citizens can now receive digital Covid vaccination certificates for travel purposes
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Fully vaccinated individuals will now need to present negative PCR test when entering Georgia
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Georgia and Greece to resume air traffic starting June 3
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Georgia opening land borders on June 1
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Georgian, North Macedonian presidents sign visa free agreement: ‘we are making new history for our countries’
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Labour migration

98,443 Georgian citizens apply for temporary jobs in Germany, 1,427 in Israel
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Remittances

April 2021: money transfers to Georgia up 145.4%
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Diaspora

President Zurabishvili: ‘Georgian Diaspora should be given right to take active part in Georgia’s democratic processes’
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Russia

Migration issues and challenges

"Extra headache." Migrant children in Russia are not accepted to schools
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Government to make it easier for foreign students to stay
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Migrants can extend their stay in Russia given the lack of communication with their countries
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Russia is hit by the lack of migrant workers from Central Asia
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Labour migration

Labour migrants in Russia are obliged to know the rights of foreigners
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Putin said Russia will strive to improve conditions for labour migrants from the EAEU
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Russia to launch a new mobile application for labour migrants to facilitate paperwork
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The number of new patents for labour migrants in Russia decreased by 36% in 2021
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Uzbekistan and Russia agreed to attract Uzbek migrants to construct railways
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Other

Foreign Ministers of Tajikistan and Russia discussed migration issues
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Russia will vaccinate labour migrants against coronavirus
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Some 1.6 million migrants have not been able to leave Russia since March 2020
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The ‘Old Disease’ of Migrantophobia in the Context of Slowing Global Migration
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The Minister of Justice of Russia approved the idea of replacing labour migrants with prisoners
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The new rules for migrants came into force in Russia
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Ukraine

EU Cooperation

EU aid supports the most vulnerable amid Eastern Ukraine’s simmering conflict
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IOs dealing with Migration

The japanese government is allocating usd 4.5 million to support the conflict-affected population in eastern Ukraine
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Migration issues and challenges

EUBAM responds to Dark Web challenges
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Report ‘Crossing the contact line’ for April 2021
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Mobility

116,000 foreigners have visited Kyiv starting this year
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More than 522,000 biometric passports issued to Ukrainians since year-start
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UIA resumes flights from Kiev to Athens
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Ukraine to ban flights to Belarus from Wednesday, PM says
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Ukrainian Railways launches train to Europe from June 1
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Citizenship

Stateless Determination Procedure in Ukraine: First applications are being considered in Kyiv and Severodonetsk
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Statelessness in Ukraine: scope and causes of the problem
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Internally Displaced Persons

Civil Society Organizations Open Letter on the Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons”
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Forcibly displaced and conflict affected people in the east of Ukraine defend their rights with support from the European Union
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Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, UNDP launch new electronic service for IDPs
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