KYRGYSZSTAN OWN WORKERS GOING TO WORK ABROAD AND HAS YEARLY QUOTA OF 13000 FOR FOREIGNERS BUT MORE THAN 20000 CHINESE WORKING OFFICIALLY BUT UNOFFICIALLY ESTIMATED TO BE 50000 CHINESE ARE WORKING When jobs are so scarce at home that many people are forced to seek work abroad, why are so many Chinese entering the local workforce? Thats the question being asked by many workers and activists in Kyrgyzstan, who are calling on the government to reserve available jobs for Kyrgyz citizens. Urmatbek Shergaziev, a civil activist from the Kochkor district of Kyrgyzstans eastern Naryn region, says that its hard for ordinary Kyrgyz to understand why the authorities issue work quotas for foreigners. Shergaziev adds: There is no shortage of people willing to take those jobs, but companies wont hire them. People would prefer to have jobs at home, instead of wandering around Russia searching for work and feeling humiliated. According to the Labor, Migration, and Youth Ministry, Chinese account for about 70 percent of all foreigners officially registered under Kyrgyzstans quota system, which allows for about 13,000 foreign workers a year.When jobs are so scarce at home that many people are forced to seek work abroad, why are so many Chinese entering the local workforce? Thats the question being asked by many workers and activists in Kyrgyzstan, who are calling on the government to reserve available jobs for Kyrgyz citizens. Urmatbek Shergaziev, a civil activist from the Kochkor district of Kyrgyzstans eastern Naryn region, says that its hard for ordinary Kyrgyz to understand why the authorities issue work quotas for foreigners. Shergaziev adds: There is no shortage of people willing to take those jobs, but companies wont hire them. People would prefer to have jobs at home, instead of wandering around Russia searching for work and feeling humiliated. According to the Labor, Migration, and Youth Ministry, Chinese account for about 70 percent of all foreigners officially registered under Kyrgyzstans quota system, which allows for about 13,000 foreign workers a year. The Chinese Embassy in Bishkek says there are about 20,000 Chinese migrants working various jobs in joint Chinese-Kyrgyz companies as well as markets, restaurants, and other workplaces in Kyrgyzstan. But local experts say the real number of Chinese workers is much higher -- around 50,000, according to former Labor, Migration, and Youth Minister Aigul Ryskulova.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:05:06 +0000
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