Tajikistan

Central Asia's Migrant Headache

Date: 22/06/2012 - 08:50

Russia, one of the world’s main recipients of migrant labor, is a major destination country for migrant workers from Central Asia. Remittances from Russia are especially critical to the economies of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan,1accounting in Tajikistan’s case for nearly half of the country’s GDP. But as the 2008 financial crisis revealed, labor migration has become an unreliable political and economic crutch for these states.

Le Comité pour les droits des travailleurs migrants conclut les travaux de sa seizième session

Date: 29/04/2012 - 14:15

Le Comité pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille a conclu, aujourd'hui, les travaux de sa seizième session, en présentant ses observations finales sur les mesures prises en application de la Convention internationale sur la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille par le Paraguay et le Tadjikistan, dont les rapports initiaux ont été examinés au cours de cette session.

CMW adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Paraguay and Tajikistan

Date: 29/04/2012 - 14:13

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its sixteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial reports of Paraguay and Tajikistan. 

The concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Paraguay and Tajikistan will be available on the Committee’swebpage next week.

Russia: Reported Roundup of Tajik Migrants

Date: 17/11/2011 - 14:28

The Russian government should refrain from singling out any ethnic population for expulsion and ensure that any detentions and expulsions of foreigners have a legal basis, Human Rights Watch said today. According to media reports, Russia’s Federal Migration Service has said that it has detained several hundred migrant workers from Tajikistan since late last week and plans to expel many of them.

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