Uzbekistan: Mirziyoyev Holds Meeting on Labor Migration and Decent Employment

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on November 2, 2026, focused on improving the labor migration system and on vocational and language training for citizens who want to work abroad. The central message of the initiatives is that people should gain not just the opportunity to leave for work, but a real prospect of decent employment, professional growth and social protection.

The tasks set include adapting technikum educational programs to the requirements of foreign employers, expanding the study of foreign languages, creating regional labor migration centers, and developing cooperation with leading international companies.

Irina Tokareva, a deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, said that new mechanisms are needed to protect the rights of compatriots abroad, support their families, and recognize work experience and pension rights. She stressed that no citizen in a difficult situation abroad should be left without attention and help from the state. She also said that the skills of returning migrants should become an additional resource for the economy and entrepreneurship, and that effectiveness should be judged by the number of trained and employed specialists, their wage levels, and respect for labor rights.