Round table on “Existing work permit systems: international experience and best practices" will be held on 26 June, 2014 in Astana
Astana, June 24, 2014 - The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Kazakhstan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Philip Morris Kazakhstan organize a round table on “Existing work permit systems: international experience and best practices". The roundtable will be held on 26th June, 2014 in Astana.
Experts will discuss on labour migration issues and innovative procedures to attract foreign labour in Kazakhstan.
The round table is organized within the framework of Regional Migration Programme (RPM).
RMP is implemented jointly by IOM, UN Women and the World Bank and funded by UK Government (DFID).
Representatives of Ministries and government agencies, employers, international organizations and NGOs will discuss effective methods of regulating the recruitment and employment of migrant workers. In addition, IOM and Philip Morris will present the results of analytical work and the pilot schemes of organized recruitment of migrant workers in the Central Asian region.
Currently a large number of migrants remain outside the scope of regulation and in this respect there is a need for new effective tools to regulate labour migration. The current quota system doesn’t cover all segments of the migrants currently present in the Kazak labour market. According to the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan since the beginning of 2014, 22,435 foreign workers were brought under the quota.
In Kazakhstan, according to experts’ estimates, irregular migrant workers numbers range between 300,000 to 600,000. Irregular migrant workers are usually employed in low-skilled jobs which usually don’t attract Kazakh nationals.