16.04.19.
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon hopes to hold the next stage of Amnesty for Tajik labor migrants in Russia.
This became known after a meeting held yesterday in Moscow between Emomali Rahmon and the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin.
The head of Tajikistan said that in the migration sphere there are still open questions that "require attention". According to Emomali Rahmon among them are simplification of procedures for registration and obtaining a patent for work, determination of the legal status of a family member of migrant workers.
The Tajik President noted that Dushanbe expects to hold the next stage of Amnesty for Tajik labor migrants. In addition, Dushanbe will ask Moscow to simplify procedures for migration registration and obtaining patents for its citizens.
Two years ago, more than 122,000 migrant workers from Tajikistan who committed administrative offences in Russia were amnestied.
According to official data, more than 1 million citizens of Tajikistan are in labor migration in Russia.
Russia remains an active economic partner of Tajikistan. Last year the volume of trade between the two countries was more than $1 billion, Russia's investments in the economy of Tajikistan exceeded $1.6 billion.
Emomali Rahmon arrived to Russia with an official visit on April 16. On April 17, he held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which the parties signed a number of bilateral documents, including an agreement on the organized recruitment of migrant workers from Tajikistan to Russia.
