Tajikistan sets up Migration Service
Under a decree by the president of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Migration Service under the government of the Republic of Tajikistan was set up today.
21 January 2011
The decree says that the service is being set up with the aim of organizing a single management system of labour migration, effectively using labour forces abroad and protecting the rights and interests of labour migrants.
The service will be set up on the basis of structures on labour migration of the Migration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the ministry's representative office in the Russian Federation and relevant agencies of the embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in this country, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the state agency for social protection, employment and migration of this ministry.
This decree entrusts the Migration Service under the government of the Republic of Tajikistan with tasks on regulating labour migration of citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan abroad, professional training of labour migrants, providing citizens abroad and establishing relations with foreign compatriots and foreign citizens in the Republic of Tajikistan.
In keeping with the decree, relevant agencies of the Migration Service will be set up at embassies and consulates of the Republic of Tajikistan in countries where Tajik labour migrants work.
Source: Tajik president's website