About 200 diasporas of Kyrgyzstanis live in foreign countries

08:54, 03 августа 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency

There are 199 diaspora organizations of Kyrgyzstanis in more than 20 countries around the world. The press service of the Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.

The largest number of diasporas are in the CIS countries:

• In Russia — 124,
• In Kazakhstan — 7,
• In Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine — one organization each.

There are 37 diasporas in Europe:

• In Turkey — 7,
• In Germany — 10,
• In Italy — 9,
• In Great Britain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium and the Benelux countries — 2 each,
• In Austria, France, Lithuania, Slovakia and Switzerland — 1 each.

In the countries of Asia and the East — in Korea, Japan and Malaysia — there are 13 diaspora organizations. The same number of diasporas live in Canada and the USA.

There is only one diaspora in African countries — in Egypt.

The ministry works with diaspora organizations, including consulting on safe migration, legal and other assistance.

For this purpose, an institute of public representatives was created, who provide consultative and practical assistance to labor migrants, representing their interests in police departments, courts and government agencies. Currently, 12 public representatives work in Russia and Italy.