DUSHANBE, September 19, 2013, Asia-Plus — According to the State Agency for Social Protection, Employment and Migration, during the eight months of 2013, a total of 81,685 persons have contacted the Agency for assistance with employment. Of this total, 49,328 individuals were registered as job seekers and 38,830 were officially registered as unemployed.
Over the first eight months of this year, 25,982 people have been provided with jobs, which is 31.8% of those who applied.
The main reasons for providing a limited number of people with jobs were that the majority of unemployed do not have the necessary technical training or have lost skills due to prolonged unemployment, and the low level of wages offered by employers.
In January-August this year, unemployment benefits for a total of 2,171,800 somoni (455,600 USD) have been provided to 4,749 people. Including carryover from 2012, on September 1, 2013, a total of 78,783 persons were registered with the Agency as looking for work, including 55,808 registered as unemployed. For the eight months of 2013, 13,848 people were sent to vocational trainings, 3,668 people were provided with social-paid jobs and 1,716 people were provided with soft loans to start business.
According to the State Agency for Social Protection, Employment and Migration, during the eight months of 2013, 151,272 new jobs were created, which is 58.1% more than in the same period of last year (95,680).
Meanwhile, Tajik migration service agency reports that over the first eight months of 2013, a total of 739,218 people have migrated from Tajikistan, 16.2% more than in the same period last year, while 441,679 people have returned.
Despite the fact that the overall labor migration tends is increasing, the monthly labor migration level is reportedly gradually decreasing since the peak in March and April. In August, the number of labor migrants totaled 83,888 people, 0.9% lower than in July.
