10-07-202656
On 18 November 2025, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received a report dedicated to improving the external labour migration system. The meeting addressed key issues related to protecting the interests of citizens working abroad, streamlining services, and increasing the transparency of migration processes. According to official data, remittances from labour migrants grew from 3.8 billion dollars in 2016 to 15.8 billion dollars by the end of the first ten months of 2025. This reflects a sharp increase in the economic significance of external labour migration and underscores the urgency of strengthening legal protection mechanisms. Priority areas include protecting the labour rights of workers and ensuring safe working conditions (SDG 8.8), promoting the creation of new jobs, economic activity, and sustainable tourism development by 2030 (SDG 8.9), as well as facilitating orderly, safe, and managed labour migration (SDG 10.7). In light of these global objectives, it was noted that there is currently demand for 140,000 skilled specialists in the international labour market, yet practical efforts to train them remain insufficient. To meet existing demand, enhance the professional competitiveness of labour migrants, and strengthen their legal protection, it is planned to establish a "Centre for Preparation for Work Abroad" in the Uchtepa district, a "Unified Migration Services" centre in the city of Termez, and specialised language schools focusing on German and Japanese in the Yashnabad district.
Currently, 25 types of services are provided through the "Work Abroad" platform, and this year alone 524,000 citizens have used its online services. However, since not all processes have been fully digitalised, the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies, biometric identification, real-time job monitoring, and remote counselling services has been proposed.
Furthermore, the President noted the growing number of fraud cases related to irregular migration and unlicensed consulting activities, and issued instructions to increase penalties, install interactive information kiosks at airports, and introduce relevant amendments to the Criminal Code. Overall, the initiatives put forward by the President are aimed at making labour migration processes safe, convenient, and transparent — a goal that aligns not only with economic stability, but also with the principles of human dignity, legal protection, and sustainable development.