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Catherine Fitzpatrick: Uzbek nation entitled to all rights as others, but not right to extremism

Catherine Fitzpatrick: Uzbek nation entitled to all rights as others, but not right to extremism

31.05.2013 00:26 msk Central Asia Human Rights Interview Migration Politics Religious life Uzbekistan

The US-based independent expert on Eurasia and Russian translator Catherine Ann Fitzpatrick answered Fergana editor-in-chief's questions. The interview was on the recent arrest of another former Uzbek citizen in the United States, Fazliddin Kurbanov. The expert is certain that there were most seriou

Fazliddin Kurbanov’s case, or How President Islam Karimov’s opponents are persecuted in the USA

Fazliddin Kurbanov’s case, or How President Islam Karimov’s opponents are persecuted in the USA

28.05.2013 09:22 msk Analytics Human Rights Migration Politics Uzbekistan

Fazliddin Kurbanov, an Uzbekistani immigrant in the USA was detained for alleged support of terrorism. He will appear in court early July and will be held in detention until then. See the official affidavit on the CNN’s website .

Kyrgyzstan’s “own” aliens from abroad

Kyrgyzstan’s “own” aliens from abroad

12.02.2013 10:56 msk Kyrgyzstan Migration Uzbekistan

The tragic events of June 2010 in Southern Kyrgyzstan impacted not only the lives of those involved, but also of those abroad. Ethnic Kyrgyz citizens of Uzbekistan moved to Kyrgyzstan. The major reason is discrimination on part of Uzbeks and fear. However, having “returned” to their historical mothe

Glimpse at misery Turkmen illegals face in Turkey

Glimpse at misery Turkmen illegals face in Turkey

17.01.2013 11:40 msk Migration Turkey, Republic of

According to the Haberler.com Turkish news portal, a woman from Turkmenistan , Ms. Mehriban Gurbanova, was killed during a family skirmish with her 27-year old husband from Ukraine on 13 January 2013; three more women from Turkmenistan suffered injures. According to local police, the man came to dem

Uzbekistan: Jamshid Mukhtorov arrested in the USA and a former police officer from Uzbekistan used to be friends

Uzbekistan: Jamshid Mukhtorov arrested in the USA and a former police officer from Uzbekistan used to be friends

24.02.2012 21:57 msk Migration Uzbekistan

In the course of the journalist investigation of the case of Jamshid Mukhtorov , arrested in the U.S upon terrorist charges, Fergana learned of another refugee from Uzbekistan , formerly a high ranking police officer in Jizak, who had been granted political asylum in the United States at about the s

US think tanks are interested in the migration processes in Russia and religious situation among migrants

US think tanks are interested in the migration processes in Russia and religious situation among migrants

03.09.2010 10:40 msk Migration Russia

US think tanks, specifically, the Kennan Institute and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), explore various aspects of labor migration in Russia. In order to collect preliminary information about migration flows, statistics and opinions of Russian experts the research teams visited

Tajikistan: Irrecoverable Losses

Tajikistan: Irrecoverable Losses

15.07.2009 15:19 msk Migration Tajikistan

Sisters Gulbakhor (19), Gulsanam (15), and Gulrukhsor (13) were interred in the Bobojongafur district of Tajikistan on June 19, 2009, their bodies flown in from Surgut (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region, Russia) the day before. The girls and their parents had been labor immigrants in Russia (the father

Uzbek Gastarbeiters learn new trades in the United States

Uzbek Gastarbeiters learn new trades in the United States

20.05.2009 12:13 msk Migration Uzbekistan

Uzbek intelligentsia found itself in a definitely bizarre, if not outright paradoxical, situation. Well-educated, smart, and talented as they are, these people are compelled to seek employment abroad where they end up doing backbreaking and low-paid menial labor more often than not. As a matter of f

Russia: New web site for Gastarbeiters from Kyrgyzstan presented in Moscow

Russia: New web site for Gastarbeiters from Kyrgyzstan presented in Moscow

01.12.2008 17:36 msk Migration Russia

KGinfo.ru was presented in Moscow as a web site for labor immigrants from Kyrgyzstan . Authors of the project believe that information posted on the web site will make adaptation in Russia easier.

Kazakhstan: Tougher Laws Needed To Prevent Labour Abuse, Slavery

Kazakhstan: Tougher Laws Needed To Prevent Labour Abuse, Slavery

17.07.2008 23:36 msk Kazakhstan Migration

As more foreign labourers in Kazakhstan are subject to abuse and virtual slavery, tougher laws are needed for employers using foreign labour, human rights groups in South Kazakhstan say.

Expert-Kazakhstan: Migration prompts economic degradation in Uzbekistan

Expert-Kazakhstan: Migration prompts economic degradation in Uzbekistan

22.01.2008 18:37 msk Migration Uzbekistan

The Uzbeks are considered the most settled nation in the Central Asia region. They would leave their homeland as a last resort. However, population outflow has significantly increased in the recent years. Those who had left the country before 1992 would hardly come back. The state in its turn tacitl

How citizens of Uzbekistan work as Gastarbeiters in Tajikistan

How citizens of Uzbekistan work as Gastarbeiters in Tajikistan

09.01.2008 16:12 msk Migration Tajikistan

That citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan seek employment in Russia and Kazakhstan is common knowledge. What information is available to Ferghana.Ru, however, indicates that some Uzbek Gastarbeiters are willing to work in Tajikistan as well.

Army of labor immigrants from Tajikistan is swelling in numbers, and nothing can stop the process

Army of labor immigrants from Tajikistan is swelling in numbers, and nothing can stop the process

26.12.2007 12:13 msk Migration Tajikistan

Labor immigrants return from Russia to Tajikistan by the hundred to meet the New Year with their families. Experts from the Russian Federal Service of Immigration and Immigration Service of the Tajik Interior Ministry claim that practically every Tajik family has at least one Gastarbeiter coming hom

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia is to be established in Kyrgyzstan

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia is to be established in Kyrgyzstan

12.11.2007 19:59 msk Kyrgyzstan Migration

The first reception center for refugees in all of Central Asia will be opened in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, today.

Nearly 100,000 Chinese entered Kazakhstan in 2006

Nearly 100,000 Chinese entered Kazakhstan in 2006

11.10.2007 12:01 msk Kazakhstan Migration

Almost 100,000 Chinese entered the territory of Kazakhstan in 2006 and only 5,000 of them obtained the official permit to remain, Yelena Sadovskaya said at her press conference in Alma-Ata on October 98. (Sadovskaya is an expert of the Research Council for Immigration of the CIS and Baltic states wi

How do immigrants from CIS countries become Muscovites?

How do immigrants from CIS countries become Muscovites?

03.09.2007 13:19 msk Migration Russia

The capital of Russia celebrates Moscow Day on September 1. Needless to say, it is Muscovites Day as well. As things stand meanwhile, Moscow is being built by the people colloquially known a Gastarbeiters from the former Soviet republics. Many of them make some money and immediately leave for the di

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