Tajik authorities have sent working groups to five major Russian cities — Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Ufa — to check the living conditions of labor migrants, the Tajik Ministry of Labour, Migration and Employment said, TASS reports.
“On behalf of the government of Tajikistan, working groups were organized to get acquainted with the living conditions of labor migrants in Russia and conduct explanatory work among them. <...> Five groups were organized, they were sent to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Ufa and Novosibirsk, ”the message says.
The groups include representatives of ministries. The process of labor migration is under the special control of President Emomali Rahmon, "practical measures are being taken to regulate it, as well as to protect the rights and interests of citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan in the Russian Federation," the ministry said.
This week Tajik Minister of Labor Gulnora Kenja Hasanzoda visited Russia. She held a working meeting with Deputy Head of the Ministry of Labor Elena Mukhtiyarova, discussing the issues of organized recruitment of citizens of the republic for work in the Russian Federation and the prospects for opening a representative office of the passport and visa service in Dushanbe. In this city, there is a representative office of the multifunctional migration center of Moscow, where they provide services for those wishing to go to work in Moscow.
The total number of Tajik labor migrants in Russia is about 3 million people. Most of them are located in the cities of Russia listed for inspection.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
August 14, 2023