[...] While a new framework agreement on labour migration agreed by former Soviet states is a positive step, experts say Tajikistan and Russia must do more to protect the rights of vulnerable expatriates working in Russia.
The declaration, which commits members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS, to coordinate policy to protect migrant workers travelling between them, was issued by the presidents of the grouping’s 11 states when they met in the Tajik capital Dushanbe on October 5.[...]
according to the ferghana news agency a paper "on coordinated immigration policy" has been issued, which also intends to work on a reliable database on immigration in the commowealth of independant states. russia and kazakhstan are main recipients of immigration flows.
also the kommersant reports on migration in cis and has a related picture gallery online:
[...] The trend for the registered growth in migration that emerged in 2004 has deepened this year. According to Demoskop Weekly Bulletin, the indicator stepped up 1.8 fold from January to July of 2007 vs. a year earlier; 165,700 arrived in Russia for permanent residence, while only 26,200 left the country [...]
a few days later, Moscow mayor Luzhkov is really worried about the people, who build HIS city but do disturb so much:
[...] Luzhkov suggested that some of the major hassles of life in Moscow, including congested roads and overcrowded metros, were caused partly by population growth fueled by the influx of immigrant workers. He also suggested that better regulation of arriving workers would in turn lead to better conditions for such workers [...]
