UZBEKISTAN EXTERNAL MIGRATION: KEY TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 27 - 47, 31.01.2022

Mirzokhid Rakhımov Farkhod Yokubov

Abstract

At present Uzbekistan is the largest Central Asian exporter of labor and education migration. Remittances play important role in the national economy. The article examines the emergence and main factors of migration in contemporary Uzbekistan. Based on the study of diversity research literature and sources, it was used the comparative study of key trends, dynamics, and transformation of labor and educational migration from Uzbekistan to Russia, the Republic of Korea, and Turkey. It elaborates on the internal factors of the migration issue in Uzbekistan and provides an analysis of the status, conditions, and challenges of the migrants in foreign countries.

Keywords

Migration, Uzbekistan, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, mobility

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