DUSHANBE, October 8, Asia-Plus — “Internal labor migration has become serious problem for Tajikistan and we should tackle this problem as soon as possible,” Anvar Boboyev, the deputy director of the State Migration Service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MoLSS), said in an interview with Asia-Plus.
According to him, labor migrants from all regions of the country are coming to the capital seeking better employment opportunities. “At present it is practically impossible to count how many labor migrants from the provinces have come to Dushanbe to get job here,” the deputy director said.
Tajikistan ought to establish a labor market to meet domestic labor demands, Boboyev said. “It will allow regulating, to a certain extent, internal migration flows and create working conditions for internal labor migrants.”
The MoLSS official also noted that a new quota for foreign labor manpower will be set in 2008. In 2007, Tajikistan allocated a quota of 7,500 foreign labor migrants, while in 2008, this figure will be not more than 3,000 people.
“At present, 1,300 China’s nationals, more than 1,000 Turkish citizens, 287 people from Kazakhstan, 262 citizens of Afghanistan, 63 Iranians and 17 Russians are working in Tajikistan,” Boboyev said, noting that last year the quota will be reduced.
