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With each passing year, labor migrants from Tajikistan in Russia come up against new difficulties in securing work permits and formalizing their right to live in the country. asiaplustj.info »
Russia's police have detained thousands of migrants across the country in New Year's Eve raids with scores of them facing deportation, Russian media repors said on Monday. About 3,000 migrants were detained in Russia's second-largest city of St. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported yesterday that some Tajik migrant workers in Russia say they were beaten by police and deported on fabricated criminal charges for refusing to fight in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet notes that Tajik labor migrants in Russia are trapped in a vicious circle. The value of their ruble salaries is depreciating. The pressure of Russian bureaucracy is mounting. And there is little decent employment to be found in Tajikistan – so returning home is no option. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Russia’s Investigative Committee (IC) Alexander Bastrykin has suggested revoking Russian citizenship of migrants who refuse to participate in Russia's war against Ukraine. A video message from IC Head Alexander Bastrykin was posted on the Investigative Committee’s official website yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
Almost half (47%) of the survey participants of the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) consider labor migration a positive phenomenon for Russia. Since 2008, this indicator has tripled, reports RBC. asiaplustj.info »
Up to a third of migrant workers may leave Russia due to the weakening of the ruble against the dollar and euro and, as a result, a decrease in income. This forecast was given by the head of the Uzbek diaspora in Moscow, Bahrom Ismailov, reports “Vedomosti”. asiaplustj.info »
The Republic of Korea is delaying allocation of quotas for migrant workers from Tajikistan. The reason is that our labor migrants violated the rules of stay in this country during the first organized recruitment of labor migrants in Tajikistan for working in South Korea. asiaplustj.info »
The worsening state of the Russian economy and sustained abuse from law enforcement there is pushing ever more expatriate laborers from Tajikistan to seek out alternative countries in which to find work. asiaplustj.info »
About 1000 migrants from Tajikistan will be for seasonal six-month agricultural work in the United Kingdom (UK). An official source at the Migration Service of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population (MoLMEP) has told Asia-Plus that about 1000 Tajik labor migrants will be hired this year for six-month seasonal work in the United Kingdom’s agrarian sector. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say dozens of Tajik labor migrants have been detained in Moscow again. This time, more than 150 Tajik labor migrants were reportedly taken to police station in Moscow’s Mitino district on the morning of May 30. asiaplustj.info »
Russian employers can be obligated to pay migrant workers no less than citizens of the Russian Federation Russian media reports say leader of “A Justice Russia – For Truth” Party Sergey Mironov has made a number of proposals regarding the rights of foreign workers. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty says Russian recruiters are targeting Central Asian labor migrants at mosques and dormitories to join war in Ukraine. A report posted on Radio Liberty’s website on April 18 says Tajik migrant Foziljon Umarov recently applied to renew his expiring Russian residency permit in Nizhny Novgorod oblast, where he works as a bricklayer. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say the Russian authorities plan to extend the work patent term for labor migrants up to three years Interfax notes that the Interior Ministry has agreed with the proposal of the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov to extend the term of a work patent for labor migrants up to three years. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says a group of Tajik migrants working for a Russian company in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol claim their employers failed to pay them the full amount of wages they were promised in their contracts. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say a regime of controlled stay to be in effect for migrants in the Russian Federation. Interfax cited the Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev as saying at the meeting in Chelyabinsk on February 16 that a draft federal law has been developed to introduce a regime of controlled stay for migrants. asiaplustj.info »
Russia’s consulting company FinExpertiza notes that inflow of labor migrants into Russia increased last year by a third. The inflow of labor migrants from Uzbekistan reportedly grew the most last year – by 377,700 people, or 35. asiaplustj.info »
About two thousand people, mostly from neighboring countries, were detained by police in the center of St. Petersburg on New Year's Eve. This was reported by "Fontanka" with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. asiaplustj.info »
Every year on December 18 the world marks International Migrants Day to recognize the contribution of migrants to their countries of origin, transit and destination, while highlighting the challenges that migrants often face. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik migrant workers hired by some Russian construction companies to rebuild the destroyed Mariupol reportedly complain that employers have cheated them. asiaplustj.info »
The behavior of persons wanting to obtain the Russian citizenship has reportedly changed in connection with partial mobilization announced in Russia. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says desperate to bolster the size of its army in Ukraine, Russia is resorting to trickery, bribery, and intimidation to enlist foreign laborers, particularly ones from Central Asia. And this has reportedly been complicated by the steep rise in the cost of airfares to countries like Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Over the past few months, Russian construction companies have begun recruiting workers to rebuild the city of Mariupol, the industrial center of eastern Ukraine, which came under Russian control in May this year. asiaplustj.info »
Or have time to formalize their legal status in 10 days so as not to be afraid of the “Illegal” operation. Citizens of foreign states who do not have grounds for further stay on the territory of the Russian Federation are required to leave it before October 12, 2022 or formally regulate their legal status, Russian media report. asiaplustj.info »
The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law according to which the citizenship of this country can be obtained after serving only one year in the army. A new string of coffins may go from Ukraine to Tajikistan Russia is short of troops for the war with Ukraine and is looking for ways to replenish the ranks of its army. asiaplustj.info »
All students are children of immigrants from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. School No. 33 in Volgograd has a class in which the Russian language is not native to any of the students, they are all children of migrants, the portal V1.ru reports. asiaplustj.info »
The prosecutor's office of the Zarechensky district of Tula approved the indictments in criminal cases against three migrants who are accused of beating police officers, the press service of the prosecutor's office reports. asiaplustj.info »
TASS says that according to data from FinExpertiza (a network of professional audit, valuation and consulting firms), 3.12 million labor migrants have entered the Russian Federation over the second quarter (April-June) this year, which is one third more than in the same period last year and “record quarterly value for at least the last six years. asiaplustj.info »
The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Aleksandr Bastrykin, says the number of cases of migrants committing serious and especially serious crimes in Russia has increased. asiaplustj.info »
The number of labor migrants working in Russia’s construction sector has decreased to 500,000 people, which is only a quarter of figures of late 2020, RIA Novosti reported on June 17, citing Anton Glushkov, the president of the National Builders' Association of Russia (NOSTROY). asiaplustj.info »
Under new regulations that came into force on December 29, 2021, all foreigner workers are required to undergo fingerprinting and extensive medical exams within 30 days of arrival in Russia. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Husnullin, has explained why labor migrants are better than Russians. According to him, they work more while get paid less. At the same time, he called for the use of foreign builders at Russian construction sites on condition of the development of strict legislation in this area. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik labor migrants working in the Russian Federation now can apply for pension in the Russian Federation. A relevant government-to-government agreement on this subject was signed between Tajikistan and Russia in September 2021, Dilmurod Davlatzoda, the head of the Agency for Insurance and Pensions, told reporters in Dushanbe on February 7. asiaplustj.info »
A new office for testing and training migrants of ARSA Ltd has opened in Dushanbe. An official opening ceremony of the new office for testing and training migrants of ARSA Ltd took place in Dushanbe on January 20. asiaplustj.info »
The Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation has reportedly lifted the ban on entry to the country 120,000 Tajik migrants who have committed minor offenses in Russia. TASS says Aleksey Yegorov, the chief of the Russian Interior Ministry’s representative office in Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on December 27 that Russian has allowed 120,000 Tajik migrants back in. asiaplustj.info »
The European Union's top diplomat on Monday urged Afghanistan's northern neighbors to help prevent what he described as the abuse of migrants for political goals by the Belarusian authorities. asiaplustj.info »
Labor migrants and foreign citizens arriving in Russia for more than 90 days can be obliged to present HIV-free and no addiction certificates, reads a draft order prepared by the Interior Ministry of Russia, TASS reported yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
Police have reportedly raided migrants’ apartments in Novyye Vatutuinki housing complex in Novaya Moskva (New Moscow). Citing a source within the law enforcement authorities, TASS reported on November 14 that raid was aimed at preventing various violations of the country’s migration legislation. asiaplustj.info »
The Moscow authorities are preparing a plan to solve the problem of the personnel crisis at construction sites, which provides for the refusal of migrant labor, Andrey Bochkaryov, vice-mayor of the capital for urban planning and construction, told RBC in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Citing the president of the Migrants’ Federation of Russia Vadim Kozhenov, Fergana news agency reported on October 11 that Russia has lifted re-entry ban for 300,000 migrants from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Labor migrants will now be able to send money transfers from Russia on credit – the Russian payment system Zolotaya Korona (Golden Crown) will provide them with such an opportunity from October 11. asiaplustj.info »
Climate change could trigger the resettlement of more than 2.4 million people in Central Asia by 2050, says World Bank update Groundswell. asiaplustj.info »
Russian interior Ministry’s official website says migrants who participated in a mass brawl in Moscow’s Kuzminki district will be deported from Russia by a court’s decision. “By a court’s decision foreign nationals will be fined and deported from the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
About 5 million labor migrants need to be attracted to construction sites in Russia until 2024, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Marat Husnulin, noted yesterday at a meeting with heads of regions, according to Interfax.ru . asiaplustj.info »
The President of the Federation of Migrants of Russia, Vadim Kozhenov, says a new decree on temporary measures to regulate the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in Russia during the period of overcoming the consequences of the spread of COVID-19 contains a number of norms that will allow fixing the rights of migrants. asiaplustj.info »
Russia extends the term of temporary stay for migrants until September 30, if they committed no offences. asiaplustj.info »
An article posted on CABAR.asia’s website notes that the situation of migrants in the Russian society has always been a challenge. According to the Federal Migration Service, over 10 million migrants reside in Russia legally, whereas three million reside there illegally. Most of them come from Central Asia. asiaplustj.info »
In report released at a press conference in Dushanbe, Valentian Kazakova, the Chairwoman of the Directorate for Migration Issues at the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, noted on April 21 that nationals of Tajikistan have an opportunity to regulate their legal status in the territory of Russia from April 1 to June 30, inclusive. asiaplustj.info »
The head of the representative office of the Tajik Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population (MoLMEP) in Moscow, Zohir Mirzoyev considers that the number of illegally employed nationals of Tajikistan in Russia provided by the Interior Ministry of Russian Federation is overstated. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Russia has endorsed new rules of recruitment of migrants for work in the Moscow oblast. Employers now must ensure transportation of migrants, registration of their documents, and arrange accommodation and meals of them. asiaplustj.info »
