Kyrgyzstan needs regulated labor migration as the country faces a growing shortage of workers. At the same time, foreign nationals who violate the law must be deported regardless of their citizenship.
A Resource Center for Migrants (RCM) was opened in Bishkek on May 22. The press service of the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration reported.
The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the quota for attracting foreign labor migrants to Kyrgyzstan.
A draft law proposing stricter liability for the illegal employment of foreign labor and unauthorized overseas recruitment of citizens of Kyrgyzstan has been submitted for public discussion in Kyrgyzstan.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Meder Abakirov and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Marek Eshtok held interagency consultations and discussed the current state and prospects for the development of Kyrgyzstan — Slovakia relations, trade, economic, investment, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation, as well as cooperation between Central Asia and the European Union.
The Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic has issued a reminder that the use of child labor in its worst forms is unacceptable. The statement is timed to the World Day Against Child Labor.
The Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration informs citizens that new requirements for foreigners from visa-free CIS countries, including citizens of Kyrgyzstan, will come into effect in Russia starting July 1.
Foreign citizens and stateless persons who have violated Kyrgyzstan’s migration legislation will be allowed to voluntarily leave the country without fines from July 1 to July 31, the Ministry of Labor reported.
A ceremony was held at the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration of Kyrgyzstan to hand over 48 tons (720 kilograms) of dates as humanitarian aid from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to vulnerable groups.
Wages for social security employees in Kyrgyzstan have been increased, the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration reported.
Since the beginning of 2026, at least 127 projects to support low-income families have been implemented in Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration reported.
An additional shipment of vegetable oil from Russia has arrived in Osh, consisting of 121 tons. The supplies will be distributed under social and infrastructure projects in the southern regions of Kyrgyzstan. The Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration reported.
Some professions in Kyrgyzstan may disappear or be transformed due to the development of artificial intelligence. Minister of Labor, Social Security, and Migration, Kanat Sagynbaev, stated at a meeting with schoolchildren.
More than 440,000 children in Kyrgyzstan will receive Bala Yrysy allowance. Aida Azhikhodzhoeva, head of the department, announced at a meeting at the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Migration.
The total number of unemployed people in Kyrgyzstan has reached 104,700, with the overall unemployment rate at 3.7 percent. These figures were announced by Kamchybek Dosmatov, Deputy Minister of Labor, Social Security, and Migration, during the Second National Forum «Employment, Skills, and the Future of Labor: Strengthening Public Employment Services and Informal Education in the Kyrgyz Republic.»
Kyrgyzstan is planning to legalize the hookah business. If the relevant draft law is adopted, the annual license fee for establishments could amount to around 150,000 soms. This was announced during a meeting of the Zhogorku Kenesh Committee on Labor, Social Security, Migration, Women’s and Family Affairs, where amendments to legislation were discussed.
At least 58 violations of migration laws were identified in issyk-Kul region during the Illegal-2026 operation. The Department of Internal Affairs of the region reported.
The Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Belarus signed a number of documents following the official visit of Belarusian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin to Kyrgyzstan.
At least 1,067 tons of food aid donated by the Russian Federation to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have arrived in Kyrgyzstan.
From Heart to Heart social and information fair will be held in Bishkek on May 16 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., timed to the Mother’s Day in the Kyrgyz Republic and World Hypertension Day, marked annually on May 17.