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SUBJECT: UZBEKISTAN: NEW STUDY ON LABOR MIGRATION
REF: a) REF: TASHKENT 67
¶1. (SBU) Summary: In December, the United Nations Development
Program's (UNDP) office in Tashkent published a new study on labor
migration from Uzbekistan based on surveys conducted in 2006 and
¶2007. While the study does not reflect the impact of the current
financial crisis upon labor migration, it nevertheless provides an
important historical overview of the phenomenon and the factors
that drove it. For many years, labor migration served as a social
safety valve for the country, enabling the Uzbek government to
export its excess labor (mainly unemployed young men) to its
northern neighbors. Many Uzbek families also became dependent on
remittances sent from their relatives abroad. With the recent
cooling of the Russian and Kazakh economies due to the financial
crisis and drop in energy prices, some observers fear that this
social safety valve may now be closing (reftel). Uzbek families
who currently depend on remittances will be hit hard, and the
countryside may see an increase in the number of unemployed,
economically disfranchised young men, whose numbers might be
further swelled by the government's recent agricultural reforms.
End summary.
LABOR MIGRATION: WHY HAVE ALL THE UZBEKS GONE?
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¶2. (U) Labor migration from Uzbekistan is both a product of the
country's growing population and the government's sluggish economic
reforms since independence, which have failed to provide
adequately-paying employment for the country's relatively young
population (nearly a third of Uzbeks are currently under 18 year of
age). While Uzbekistan suffered less of an economic depression
immediately after independence than other post-Soviet countries,
its economy has since grown much slower than the economies of its
northern neighbors, Kazakhstan and Russia, which, until recently,
were buoyed by high energy prices. To find work with adequate
salaries, many Uzbeks have little choice but to head north each
year.
¶3. (U) The economic pressures on ordinary Uzbeks has continued to
grow year by year. Official government statistics show that the
daily per capita income in Uzbekistan averages only around 1.40
dollars. According to the World Bank, approximately 75 percent of
the population lives below the poverty line, defined as earnings
less than 2.15 dollars per day, while 25.8 percent of Uzbeks earn
less than 110 dollars per day. At the same time, the cost of
living in Uzbekistan has grown steadily at 25 to 30 percent over
the last five years. While government figures show relatively low
levels of unemployment (less than one percent), these figures hide
the fact that many jobs in Uzbekistan are poorly paid, especially
in rural areas. Uzbek families tend to be large, and many adults
support multiple dependents, including children and elderly
parents.
¶4. (U) Opportunities for legal migration exist and are increasing
as the Uzbek government signs additional labor treaties with third
countries. For example, Uzbekistan signed labor agreements with
Poland and Oman in 2008 and with Russia in 2007. However,
opportunities for Uzbeks to find legal employment abroad remain
limited, and the number of legal migrants is still dwarfed by the
numbers of migrants who work illegally in third countries.
A SHORT HISTORY OF LABOR MIGRATION FROM UZBEKISTAN
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¶5. (U) There are no official statistics, but according to the World
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Bank, the number of migrants from Uzbekistan seeking permanent or
temporary labor abroad may be as high as 3 million. The boom in
Uzbek labor migration abroad started roughly in 2000, when the
economies of Russia and Kazakhstan began to stabilize as the result
of rising energy prices. By 2008 the number of destination
countries for Uzbek labor migrants (both legal and illegal) had
expanded, and now include not only former Soviet states, but also
the European Union (Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain);
the Middle East (UAE; Turkey); and Asia (Korea, Thailand).
However, Russia and Kazakhstan remain the primary destination for
the vast majority of Uzbek labor migrants. Remittances from Uzbek
labor migrants abroad have grown sharply over the last five years,
though data is scarce. According to the World Bank estimates,
remittances from labor migrants abroad contribute roughly 9 percent
of GDP, though some observers argue that the real volume might be
twice as high.
¶6. (U) Much labor migration from Uzbekistan is seasonal, with many
workers leaving for Kazakhstan and Russia in the spring and summer
each year and then returning to Uzbekistan in the winter. However,
the last few years reportedly have seen an increase in the number
of Uzbek labor migrants who have settled permanently abroad.
¶7. (U) Due to the recent worldwide financial crisis, drop in energy
prices, and subsequent cooling of the Russian and Kazakh economies,
many Uzbek labor migrants appear to have been laid off and have
returned home. While Uzbek labor migrants, especially those
working in construction, traditionally head back to their families
in the winter, anecdotal evidence suggests that fewer Uzbek
laborers will head abroad again next year.
NEW UNDP LABOR MIGRATION STUDY
------------------------------
¶8. (U) In December, UNDP and the Gender Program of the Swiss
Embassy in Uzbekistan issued a new Russian-language study, "Labor
Migration in the Republic of Uzbekistan: Social, Legal and Gender
aspects," based on sociological surveys conducted with Uzbek labor
migrants in 2006-2007. As the research was conducted before the
current financial crisis, its findings do not necessarily reflect
the current situation. Nevertheless, the report provides an
important historic overview of labor migration from Uzbekistan and
the factors that drove it.
STUDY FINDS MANY UZBEK FAMILIES DEPENDENT ON REMITTANCES
--------------------------------------------- -----------
¶9. (U) The report offers some startling statistics. According to
survey data, about 30 percent of Uzbeks have considered seeking
employment abroad at some point, while 30 to 40 percent of Uzbek
families have at least one relative working abroad at any one time.
54 percent of labor migrants reported supporting three or more
dependants, while only 13 percent of the migrants stated that they
were working primarily "for themselves." The majority of migrants
have between 2 and 5 dependants. Most male labor migrants
explained that they had made the decision to work abroad in
consultation with their families. Many men working abroad reported
that they were saving money for a daughter's wedding, for a son's
education, or to buy or expand a home. Migrants observed that it
is possible to find work in Uzbekistan, but such work did not pay
enough for workers to accrue significant savings.
¶10. (U) The study found that the income of Uzbek families with
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relatives working abroad was about 5 to 10 times higher than the
incomes of other families. Uzbek labor migrants abroad reportedly
earn on average about 300 to 400 dollars a month. In contrast, the
same laborers could hope to earn a maximum of about 115 dollars per
month in Uzbekistan. Migrants reported sending about half of their
earnings back to Uzbekistan as remittances. The study also found
that a significant portion of labor migrants were well-educated.
As many as one-third of migrants have a university degree, while
nearly two-thirds of them have completed either secondary or
vocational school.
MOST EXTERNAL LABOR MIGRANTS HEAD TO RUSSIA
-------------------------------------------
¶11. (U) According to the study, a majority of labor migrants from
Uzbekistan head to Russia, while most of the remainder headed to
Kazakhstan. Male Uzbek migrants mainly work in construction or the
retail trade and agriculture sectors. Uzbek labor migrants do not
need visas to enter Russia or Kazakhstan. In addition, the study
found that labor migration in the post-Soviet sphere is facilitated
by close family and cultural ties between citizens of the former
Soviet states (which, roughly 20 years ago, were part of the same
country), common systems of transport and communications, similar
education systems, and the use of Russian as a lingua franca.
SOME UZBEK MIGRANTS DON'T SEEK TO RETURN
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¶12. (U) A majority of the Uzbek migrants surveyed reported working
abroad for at least 3 years, while a few migrants reported working
abroad for as long as 15 years. Less than 8 percent of respondents
said that they planned to permanently return home within six
months. 23 percent of migrants stated that they had not been home
in the last 18 months, with in some cases had led to the rupture of
familial bonds. 28 percent of those interviewed reported they had
no plans to return to Uzbekistan under any circumstances. Many of
those migrants had brought their families abroad with them or had
started new families abroad (some Uzbek migrants allegedly maintain
two families: one in Uzbekistan and the other where they work).
Many of these migrants have applied for permanent residency and
citizenship abroad, which, in recent years, has become easier to
obtain in Kazakhstan and Russia.
INTERNAL LABOR MIGRATION
------------------------
¶13. (U) The report also surveyed internal labor migrants. Many
external labor migrants first migrated internally to obtain work
experience and collect enough money to travel abroad. Most
internal immigrants come from rural regions, and almost 80 percent
of internal migrants head to Tashkent. Many internal labor
migrants are unable to find permanent work, and instead look for
short-term employment at local informal job markets (called
"mardikors"). Internal labor migrants reported earning an average
of about 85 dollars a month. Internal labor migrants tend to be
less educated than external labor migrants. Nearly 90 percent of
internal migrants lacked official registration where they worked
(Uzbek law requires citizens to be legally registered where they
reside). Some external labor migrants explained that one of the
reasons they decided to leave Uzbekistan was the difficulty of
obtaining legal registration in Tashkent.
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WOMEN MAKE UP NEARLY A QUARTER OF LABOR MIGRANTS
--------------------------------------------- ---
¶14. (U) Surprisingly, the study found that 23.2 percent of external
and internal migrant workers were women. In contrast to men, most
female Uzbek migrants made the decision to leave home on their own,
and nearly half of them were single. Women with children who
migrated came home more often than men with children, but their
absences were more disruptive for their families. Female migrants
largely worked as domestic servants or in the agriculture and food
processing sectors. Women migrants tended to be paid 30 percent
less than men. 1.3 percent of women migrants surveyed reported
engaging in prostitution. Almost a third of female migrants
interviewed explained that they had no intention to return home,
mainly because Uzbek society and their families tend to look down
upon them.
MIGRANTS FACE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, HARRASSMENT
--------------------------------------------- --
¶15. (U) As has been reported by other sources, the study found that
Uzbek labor migrants in third countries routinely encountered
difficulties with legal registration, finding adequate housing, and
police harassment. Compared to legal migrants, illegal Uzbek
migrants are much more likely to be harassed by police and lack
adequate housing. On average, illegal external migrants reported
working almost 10 hour a day (though some reported working as much
as 18 hours a day) for 6 days a week. Employers often provided
them with food and accommodation, sometimes free of charge, but it
was usually of poor quality. Illegal labor migrants were
frequently cheated by employers and were not paid or paid less than
promised. In some circumstances, illegal migrants became
trafficking victims and were forced to work basically as slaves for
their employers. As victims were illegal migrants, they had few
opportunities to appeal for aid from host country authorities.
Despite these problems, many migrants said that they preferred not
to sign official contracts in order to avoid payments of
registration fees and taxes.
RUSSIA MAY SEEK TO REDUCE INFLOW OF LABOR MIGRANTS
--------------------------------------------- -----
¶16. (U) Russia currently accepts the second largest number of labor
migrants in the world after the United States. Foreign workers are
estimated to contribute between 7 to 10 percent of the country's
gross national product. Meanwhile, remittances from Russia are the
second largest source of external financing for many post-Soviet
republics. Before 2007, the legalization procedure for foreign
labor migrants in Russia was extremely difficult and migrants
routinely paid bribes to Russian law enforcement officials. In
2007, Russia simplified its migration legislation, which resulted
in a significant increase in the percentage of registered migrants.
Labor migrants in Russia are now issued "labor migration" cards,
which enable them to switch employers, thus making them less
vulnerable to unscrupulous employers who may attempt to seize their
legal documents. In 2007, Russia also signed a labor agreement
with Uzbekistan, allowing over a thousand Uzbeks to find legal
employment in Russia by September 2008 (although this still only
represents a small fraction of the total number of Uzbeks working
in Russia).
¶17. (U) However, the recent financial crisis and decline in energy
prices has hit the Russian economy hard. According to some
experts, about 4 million foreign labor migrants in Russia may lose
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their jobs. Russia also cut its quota of work permits for foreign
workers, which stood at 3.4 million in 2008, by half in December.
GREATER NUMBER OF MIGRANTS RETURNING TO UZBEKISTAN
--------------------------------------------- -----
¶18. (U) As many Uzbek labor migrants typically return home to
Uzbekistan in winter, it is difficult to gauge yet whether the
majority of migrants returning home now plan to stay in Uzbekistan
next year or will attempt to seek work abroad again. However,
anecdotal evidence suggests that greater number of Uzbek migrants
have been laid off in Kazakhstan and Russia than in previous years.
For example, in December, an independent website reported that an
average of six to eight thousand Uzbek labor migrants were
returning home each day form Kazakhstan and Russia, an apparent
increase over previous years.
AGRICULTURAL REFORM INCREASES RANKS OF THE UNEMPLOYED
--------------------------------------------- --------
¶19. (SBU) At the same time that fewer Uzbek labor migrants may be
ale to find work abroad, the Uzbek government is pursuing
agricultural reforms which may further increase the ranks of the
unemployed. In November, the Uzbek government issued a decree
calling for the country's small farms to be amalgamated into larger
farms. Knowledgeable observers observed that provincial
authorities in several regions of Uzbekistan are already using
various mechanisms to take farmland away from small landholders
(Note: Farmers do not own land in Uzbekistan, but lease it from the
government for long periods of time. End Note.) Authorities are
reportedly seizing land from small farmers for failing to meet
state quotas for cotton and wheat, falling into debt, or for
lacking sufficient expertise in agriculture. Knowledgeable
observers report that while some land seized from farmers is being
given to wealthier farmers with political connections, farmland is
also being given to the most productive farmers or those with
significant agricultural experience.
¶20. (SBU) While the government's reforms are aimed at increasing
the agricultural sector's efficiency and productivity, they will
also likely lead to an increase in the unemployed. There are no
firm estimates of the number of individual who have already been
deprived of their farmland or how many more individual may lose
their land next year. In previous years, these now landless
laborers might be expected to head abroad for work (in fact, many
current labor migrants are reportedly persons who became unemployed
after the privatization of collective farms several years ago.)
However, now that migrant laborers have fewer opportunities abroad,
it is unclear what these landless individuals will do to support
themselves and their families.
COMMENT
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¶21. (SBU) While UNDP's survey does not reflect the impact of the
current global financial crisis on labor migration from Uzbekistan;
it nevertheless provides a useful historical overview of the
phenomenon and the factors which drove it. For many years, labor
migration from Uzbekistan has served as a convenient social safety
valve for the Uzbek government, which exported much of its excess
labor to its neighbors. However, that safety valve may now be
closing. While many Uzbek migrants traditionally return home in
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the winter, anecdotal evidence suggests that many Uzbek labor
migrants now face diminished job prospects abroad and may choose to
stay in Uzbekistan next year. Any loss of remittances from abroad
will hit Uzbek families hard, many of whom are already struggling
with rising staple prices. An increase in the number of young,
unemployed males in rural regions - whose numbers may be further
swelled by the government's recent agricultural reforms - could
lead to social unrest and rising crime rates. While Uzbekistan
remains stable and the situation is still far from a ticking time
bomb, any increase in rural unemployment may eventually impact the
country's long-term stability.
BUTCHER
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