DUSHANBE, July 11, 2016, Asia-Plus – Over the first six months of this year, more than 308,600 labor migrants, including 40,000 women, have left Tajikistan, which is 8 percent less than in the same period last year, according to the Migration Service of the Ministry of Labor, Migration, and Employment of Tajikistan.

Over the report period, Tajik seasonal workers have traveled primarily to Russia (more than 305,600) but also to neighboring Kazakhstan (about 6,000), Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

About 106,400 people have returned to the country over the same six-month period, which was 14 percent less than I the same period last year.

The reduction in labor migration is due to the new regulations for entrance into the Russian Federation on International Passports from January 1, 2015, and amendments in the existing Russian Federation legislation on the activities of labor migrants from foreign countries.