The Migration Agency reported how many Uzbeks were employed abroad in six months

The Foreign Labor Migration Agency revealed how many Uzbeks were placed in foreign countries in six months of 2023.

It was reported that as a result of negotiations with competent foreign organizations and potential employers, cooperation agreements were signed with 58 organizations from countries such as Great Britain, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, and about 30,000 employees. jobs have been identified.

During the reporting period, a total of 21,595 Uzbeks were placed in fixed-term jobs in countries such as Russia, South Korea, Great Britain, Turkey, Germany, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania.

Also, the agency provided services to about 120,000 citizens in terms of protecting the rights and interests of labor migrants and providing material assistance. Of these, more than 103,000 were provided with consulting services, more than 6,700 with legal assistance, more than 7,600 with social assistance, 1,424 with financial assistance, and 935 with one-time financial assistance in the amount of 2 times the BHM.

In addition, 36 citizens were placed in temporary hostels, and 202 compatriots who fell into difficult situations were brought to Uzbekistan. With the intervention of the Agency's representative offices abroad, wages in the amount of 516 thousand dollars were collected from the employers of the citizens of Uzbekistan.

According to the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Employment, in 2022, about 60,000 Uzbeks went to work in other countries. It is noted that more than 2 million people of the country are working in different fields in other countries.

At the end of June, news spread that a group of Uzbek citizens went to Germany to work and ended up in a difficult situation. It was said that about 300 young people wandered to work and spent the night at the train station for several days, not knowing where to go. At the beginning of July, the Foreign Labor Migration Agency called on citizens not to sign contracts with organizations that do not have the authority to employ them abroad.

source: daryo.uz