Enhancing cooperation among the Prague Process states

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Media Digest October 2022

2022-11-04

Armenia

State Bodies dealing with Migration

Armenia joins European Migration Network with observer status 
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Head of the Migration Service of Armenia Armen Ghazaryan is in Vienna on a working visit
Armenian

Azerbaijan

EU Cooperation

Azerbaijan reveals period of stay for Ukrainian citizens
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Migration issues and challenges

Legal approach to migration processes of the European Union and Scandinavian countries - new proposals in the field of regulation of migration processes in the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Border Management

Azerbaijan detained 234 wanted persons at the state border
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Azerbaijan detains 55 border violators in October
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EU mission to be deployed on Armenian-Azerbaijani border will be temporary
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Refugees and asylum seekers

Jews flee Russia for Azerbaijan. Israel opens refugee camp in Baku
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Georgia

EU Cooperation

EU4Business presents its achievements at the 2022 Eastern Partnership Business Forum
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Georgia's honorary consuls abroad have gained valuable insights into the country's foreign policy priorities
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Ilia Darchiashvili: The Prime Minister's visit is of particular importance as Hungary is a prominent
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Meeting of Shalva Papuashvili with the EU Ambassador
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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili meets with Vasile Dîncu, Romanian Minister of National Defense
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Teimuraz Janjalia has met with representatives of the Seimas of Lithuania
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Teimuraz Janjalia participated in the EaP Connectivity Seminar held in Vilnius
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Diaspora

Ensuring Diaspora involvement in the development of the country is one of the key priorities of the Georgian State - Ilia Darchiashvili
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Other

Council agrees its negotiating mandate on the non-acceptance of Russian travel documents issued in Ukraine and Georgia
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Kazakhstan

EU Cooperation

EU Oil Dependency: Role of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to Reduce Reliance
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Kazakhstan is EU’s Crucial Partner in Central Asia, Says European Council President Charles Michel
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Kazakhstan's balancing act between the EU and Russia
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Kazakhstan’s industry development is creating new opportunities for EU
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IOs dealing with Migration

Coordination office to be created in Kazakhstan to regulate flow of fleeing Russian citizens
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Migration issues and challenges

Channel of illegal migration of Afghan citizens was liquidated on the border of Kazakhstan
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Other

Kazakhstan: Russia’s war brings economic doom and gloom
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Kyrgyzstan

EU Cooperation

Ukrainian
European Union brings relief to the victims of border conflict in Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan ahead of its partners in EAEU in terms of economic growth
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

Kyrgyz Ministry of Labor announce real data on labor migrants
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Migration issues and challenges

How ordinary people are stepping in to help the displaced in Kyrgyzstan
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Border Management

Final Hurdles to Settling the Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border: Local Opposition
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Kyrgyzstan asks Russia-led bloc to send peacekeepers to Tajik border
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Kyrgyzstan: Border deal secretively rushed through amid more grumbling
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Why Russia and China Aren’t Intervening in Central Asia
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Other

EBRD forecasts Kyrgyzstan's GDP growth at 7% for 2022
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Moldova

EU Cooperation

EC and EIB to improve the connection to the EU rail network
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EC to allocate additional 175 mln to support IDPs and refugees from Ukraine
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Moldova to join the European Car and Driving License Information System (EUCARIS)
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Moldova-EU Parliamentary Association Committee met in Chisinau
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The regime of recognition of AEOs to start working between Moldova and EU
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

Moldova Border Police sets tents with heating devices at Chisinau International Airport
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Ukrainian refugees can apply for temporary identity card
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IOs dealing with Migration

IFC Digital Data Corridors to Help Ukrainian Refugees in Moldova Access Finance
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UNDP support to socio-economic inclusion efforts for refugees
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Border Management

Four border crossing points in northern Moldova suspended activity
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New border crossing point with Romania to be established
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Labour migration

Government approves list of goods that may be imported by Moldovan labour migrants returning home for good
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Irregular migration

Six people, including border police officer detained for organizing illegal migration
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Trafficking in Human Beings

Regional meeting for combating labour exploitation in trafficking of human beings held in Chisinau
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Woman sentenced to six years in prison for child trafficking
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Refugees and asylum seekers

Cities hosting Ukrainian refugees to receive financial assistance
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Japanese pianist to give charity concert dedicated to Ukrainian refugees in Chisinau
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Moldovan parliament hosts charity exhibition of paintings, made by refugees children from Ukraine
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Refugees accommodated at Moldexpo centre transferred to other centres of Moldova
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Tajikistan

Migration issues and challenges

Ethnic Kyrgyz with citizenship of Tajikistan cannot enter Kyrgyzstan
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Iran,Tajikistan poised to boost technical, vocational coop.
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Tajik Foreign Ministry accuses Kyrgyzstan of complicating border disputes
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Border Management

Dushanbe Accuses Bishkek Of Violating Cease-Fire Deal Along Tajik-Kyrgyz Border
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Roles flip as Russians become ‘migrant workers’ in Tajikistan (for now)
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Tajikistan hurries to strengthen border protections
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Taliban Issues 3000 Passports to Terrorists, Says Tajik Interior Minister
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Violence between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan reveals authoritarianism’s communication paralysis
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Remittances

Economic Resilience in Central Asia Amid Russian War in Ukraine
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Other

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Tajik Journalist Abdullo Ghurbati Sentenced to 7.5 Years After Closed-Door Trial
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Turkmenistan

EU Cooperation

The delegation of Turkmenistan held a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Conference on Terrorism in Dushanbe
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IOs dealing with Migration

OSCE organizes training courses to raise awareness of the threat of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in Turkmenistan
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Seminar on risk management based on the analysis of non-verbal communications
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Seminar on risk profiling at checkpoints
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Training course on Advanced Passenger Information
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UNRCCA co-organizes interactive training course in partnership with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
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Workshop on the development of manual for border control
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Other

Participation of the delegation of Turkmenistan in the High-Level Conference on Terrorism
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Ukraine

EU Cooperation

EU allocates EUR 100M to support Ukrainian refugees
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European Commission presented a new online tool to help Ukrainian citizens find a job - EU Talent Pool pilot initiative
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MEPs want EU to increase financial aid to Ukraine in 2023
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More than EUR 175M in aid to Ukraine raised in the Netherlands
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The head of the State Migration Service took part in the conference "Six months of application of the Directive on temporary protection" within the framework of the European Migration Network
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Ukraine will take part in European Political Community meeting
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State Bodies dealing with Migration

Czech ministers to visit Kyiv next week
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The Government approved the Procedure for the implementation of the experimental project on the registration and issuance of identity cards for return to Ukraine on the territory of Ukraine
Ukrainian

IOs dealing with Migration

Representatives of the State Migration Service took part in the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Prague Process
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State Migration Service meets with the delegation of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Headquarters
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The Ministry of Social Policy and UNDP in Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation
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The Ministry of Social Policy and UNICEF discussed the possibilities of additional cooperation and digitalization of social services
Ukrainian

Migration issues and challenges

At least 600,000 flee Russia following military call-up announcement - media
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First Lady visits Ukrainian refugees in Germany
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Humanitarian disaster: Crimeans need help to return to Ukraine
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Invaders want to automatically impose Russian citizenship on residents of Zaporizhia region
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Nearly 34-35M people currently live in Ukraine - Demography Institute
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Number of IDPs in Ukraine triples since Russia’s full-scale invasion
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Over 80% of Ukrainian refugees find jobs in the Netherlands
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Russia strikes critical infrastructure to provoke new waves of refugees to Europe - Podolyak
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State Migration Service meets with representatives of the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Affairs of Germany
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Ukraine ambassador, Estonia interior minister discuss forced migration
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Border Management

More than 31,000 citizens return to Ukraine in past 24 hours
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Some 38,000 Ukrainians return to country in past day - border guards
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Western border. The situation at checkpoints
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Other

Secretly pro-Russian Telegram channels: What Russia wanted Ukrainians to think during Oct 10 attack
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Uzbekistan

EU Cooperation

President outlines priority areas of multifaceted cooperation with EU
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Uzbekistan - EU: prospects of cooperation discussed
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Migration issues and challenges

The Russian Embassy in Tashkent called fake reports on the mobilization of labor migrants in the Russian Federation
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Remittances

Main amount of money from migrants to Uzbekistan comes from Russia. In six months of 2022, $5.3 billion were transferred from Russia to Uzbekistan,
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Other

EU Lawmakers Block Textile Deal With Uzbekistan Over Child Labor Concerns
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Partnership between border and migration services of Uzbekistan and Poland is deepening
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