Bishkek, Jan. 21, 2025. / Kabar /. According to official data from the Ministry of Labor, Social Development and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic, 650 thousand citizens of Kyrgyzstan are in external migration. These statistics show that the influx of migrants is decreasing every year. For example, last year 932 thousand people were officially registered as being in labor migration. Among the CIS countries, it is in Russia that a large number of migrants from the Kyrgyz Republic are registered. Today, according to official data, 350 thousand migrants work in the Russian Federation.
However, recently there has been a trend when Kyrgyzstanis who are in labor migration in Russia have begun to leave for European countries. Deputy Minister of Labor, Social Development and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic Bakyt Darmankul uulu told Kabar that this is primarily due to the tightening of Russian migration legislation after the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall and high wages in other countries.
"Our citizens also return to Kyrgyzstan for a number of reasons. This is due to the fact that the country's economy is growing and additional jobs are being created," he said.
This year, the number of Kyrgyzstanis who left for Britain for seasonal work exceeded 6,000 people, more than 10,000 Kyrgyzstanis work in Austria, and in the UAE in recent years the number of migrants from Kyrgyzstan has amounted to more than 11,000 people. According to the latest data, there are more than 36,000 Kyrgyzstanis in the United States, about 61,000 in Turkey, and about 65,000 citizens work in Kazakhstan. Also, about 5,000 Kyrgyzstanis are in migration in Italy.