Uzbekistan to launch platform to monitor where foreign residents live and work

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on November 2 on priority tasks in labour migration. The meeting addressed employment for citizens returning from abroad. Since the start of the year, 1.116 million Uzbekistanis have arrived from Russia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, the United Kingdom and other countries.

Khokims and sector heads were tasked with offering returnees decent work. A platform with data on each returning migrant's workplace, profession and experience will be launched. By year-end, 250,000 people are to be matched with suitable jobs, and conditions created for those wanting to start businesses.

About 250,000 long-term foreign nationals currently live in the country; 36,000 hold work permits and 24,000 are students. The president ordered authorities to establish what the remaining 190,000 people do and what sources of income they have. Some 80% of foreigners with work permits hold low-skilled jobs, mainly in construction, building materials, textiles and services. Within a month, a platform is to be launched to track where foreigners live and work.