Shavkat Mirziyoyev Calls for Skilled, Orderly Labor Migration in Uzbekistan

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on labor migration, noting that 168 million people worldwide are now in international migration. He said that linking Uzbek citizens who want to work abroad with countries that need workers is the main task for relevant officials and regional leaders.

“A person should master their profession thoroughly, know their worth, and be able to rely on their homeland,” the president said. He noted that orderly labor migration has changed significantly in recent years. Work was previously carried out with 3 countries, but now their number has reached 27. The number of large foreign employers cooperating with Uzbekistan has grown by nearly 400.

Although the number of Uzbeks working abroad has halved over the past decade, the money they send to their families has quadrupled. According to the president, this shows that attitudes toward Uzbek specialists on the international labor market have changed, and people go abroad as qualified personnel rather than simple workers.