Russia

Rusia: Explotan a trabajadores migrantes en los Juegos Olímpicos

Date: 07/02/2013 - 09:43

Los trabajadores migrantes que construyen las sedes y la infraestructura para los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de 2014 en Sochi, Rusia, han sido engañados y explotados, señaló Human Rights Watch en un informe publicado hoy.

Russie : Des travailleurs migrants employés sur les sites olympiques sont victimes d’escroquerie et d’exploitation

Date: 07/02/2013 - 09:42

Des travailleurs migrants ayant participé à la construction des sites et des infrastructures pour les Jeux olympiques d’hiver à Sotchi, en Russie, ont été victimes d’escroquerie et d’exploitation, a indiqué Human Rights Watch dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui.

Russia: Migrant Olympic Workers Cheated, Exploited

Date: 07/02/2013 - 09:40

Migrant workers building sites and infrastructure for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, have been cheated and exploited. With exactly one year to go before the Winter Olympics, Russia and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should make rigorous monitoring of workers’ rights on Olympic construction sites a top priority to prevent further abuses.

Uzbeks Face High Risks as Migrant Workers

Date: 12/07/2012 - 08:37

High unemployment levels and poverty are forcing many people in Uzbekistan to seek work in Kazakstan and Russia, where they are vulnerable to exploitation.

Local human rights groups estimate that somewhere between three and five million of Uzbekistan’s population of 28 million are working abroad in Russia, Kazakstan, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea. Tracking the numbers is hard because the Uzbek authorities do not acknowledge that labour migration is widespread.

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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.

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Work to improve status of Azerbaijani migrant workers in Russia is underway

Date: 21/09/2010 - 09:09

The Azerbaijani Parliamentary Social Policy Committee discussed a draft law on ratification of the convention "On the legal status of migrant workers and their families in CIS member-states" on Friday.