The Ministry of Labor of Kyrgyzstan plans to approve 25,000 quotas for the attraction and utilization of foreign labor in 2024, Economist.kg reports, citing the head of the ministry's migration department, Jyparu Mambetova.
Increased demand for Kyrgyz sewing products has led to workforce shortages, Mambetova stated. In response to this, the Ministry of Labor is preparing a document to increase the quota for the attraction and utilization of foreign labor at the request of producers.
"This year, 16.6 thousand quotas were considered. And next year, we plan to increase the number of quotas to 25,000. The country's population cannot fully supply the labor force for the light industry. Therefore, we are forced to attract labor from outside," said Mambetova.
Earlier, the Deputy Minister of Economy of Kyrgyzstan, Ainura Usenbekova, mentioned that workers from Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh would be recruited for the country's textile industry.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
October 3, 2023