Transcript Central Asian Regional Migration Programme

Ministry of Labor, Migration and
Youth of the Kyrgyz Republiuc
Overview of Migratory
Situation in Kyrgyzstan:
main challenges
Nurdin Tynaev
Citizen Employment Center at the
Ministry of Labor, Migration and Youth
of the Kyrgyz Republic
The most mass migratory flows
to CIS and Far-abroad Countries, 1990 – 2010
Following the independence
909 692 people went to CIS and far-abroad
countries from the Kyrgyzstan territory, including:
 to
Russia– 653 465 people;
 to
Uzbekistan– 52 482 people;
 to
Kazakhstan– 84 931 people;
 to
other post-Soviet countries – 22 210
people;
 To
far-abroad countries – 96 604 people
Main reasons for migration can be classified by
several groups:

Economical
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During the period of economic transformations at the beginning of 90-es it was observed absence
of demand of qualified specialists at the internal labor markets.

Unevenness of economical development of regions

Economy scales of the country do not create enough number of working places and not provide
with sufficient rate of remuneration that complies to growing needs of population

More higher level of remuneration payment in labor migration countries.

Social

Worsening living conditions in the rural areas and small towns, increasing of number of depressive
territories

Growing gap in the life quality between labor immigrant-out-countries and labor immigrant-incountries.

Decreasing education and health care levels and associated with these the absence of vision of
prospects for children future

Political

Social and political instability ( events on 25th of March 2005 and 7th April 2010 )

Worsening of tension in the interethnic sphere and «playing» language card at the domesticpolitical stage (periodically rising discussions on the Russian language status)
Challenges of labor migration:
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Lacking of the country integrated migration strategy;
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Process of “dispopulation” in regions. Problem of population flow-offs
from trans-boundary territories, in the result of which border “sliding
down” is occurred;

Deficit of qualified specialists especially in remote areas. From one side
the education system does not generate personnel required for the
economy functioning, and from the other side, the low level of labor
payment having growth of life cost, this fact makes to searching better
conditions that would ensure acceptable level of life;
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Mass migration flows are limited by only two directions, and any changes
in the economic situation and migratory policy in destination countries
would entail changing the situation in Kyrgyzstan;

Development of social and economical situation in the country gets in
dependence against development of labor migration process and cash
transfers by migrants.
Ratio of cash transfers against GDP,
2011
Money Transfers
The analysis of structure on using money received by households confirms
that from the amount of average annual remittance that makes USD 1419, the most
part of cash remittances is spent by their recipients for the following current needs:

55% of transfer is used for daily needs of their recipients;

14% is spent for large purchases (home appliances, vehicles);

Part of transfers is used for the goods of investment character (around 10%),
including establishing and developing the entrepreneurial activity and also for
improving the housing conditions;

10% of total transfer amount is sent for the training and treatment;

The remaining part of cash transfers is spent for other needs of labor migrants
and their families. The important expenditure item is investments to education education of children.
Tasks of State Policy
Introducing the constantly operating mechanism for
forecasting, monitoring and evaluation of need in
labor resources to serve the national economy (in the
context of special professions, by regions);
 Renunciation from “point” regulation of internal and
external employment , and transition to systemic principles
of state regulation of employment, proposing making and
informed decisions in this sphere based on special
calculations justifications;
 Reforming the management system on unemployment
payments and developing the instruments to create socially
important working positions including border areas, and
micro financing.
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Thank you very much
for your attention!