DUSHANBE, January 7, 2013, Asia-Plus — An enlarged meeting of the board of the Migration Service under the Government of Tajikistan that took place on January reviewed the results of the work carried out by the migration service agency last year and set tasks for this year, according to the migration service agency press center.
The meeting participants reportedly included senior representatives of the migration service agency and its regional offices as well as representatives of president’s executive office.
Tajik migration officials claim that figures about the number of Tajik labor migrants working abroad given by some non-government organizations (NGOs) are “unfoundedly overrated.” According to them, the real number of Tajik labor migrants working abroad is lower than unofficial data shows.
The meeting participants also pointed to the necessity of improving the level of cooperation of Tajik migration service agency with Tajik diasporas in countries of destination, seeking new markets for labor migrants and organizing Russian, English and Arabic courses for potential labor migrants, the source said.
