"International Migration Remittances and Food Security" presented by Dejan Keserovic at Regional Research Conference “Agricultural Transformation and Food Security in Central Asia”, April 8-9, 2014, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

1. REGIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
AND FOOD SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA
International Migration
Remittances and Food Security
Dejan Keserovic
Regional Coordinator
IOM Central Asia Coordination Office

2. Central Asia
10 Global Challenges
• the accelerating course of history
• the global demographic imbalance
• the global food security threat
• the water shortage
• the global energy security
• the exhaustion of natural resources
• the third industrial revolution
• the growing social instability
• the crisis of our civilization’s values
• the threat of a new global destabilization

3. 4 Migration Pathways – TOP Migration Corridors:
NORTH-NORTH : Germany to USA, UK to Australia and Canada,
Republic of Korea and UK to USA
SOUTH-SOUTH: Ukraine to Russia, Russia to Ukraine,
Bangladesh to Bhutan, Central Asia to Russia ,
Afghanistan to Pakistan
SOUTH-NORTH: Mexico to USA, Turkey to Germany,
China /Philippines/India to USA
NORTH-SOUTH USA to Mexico/South Africa , Germany to Turkey,
Portugal to Brazil, Italy to Argentina
Source: IOM calculations, based on UN DESA, 2012b, 2013 IOM World Migration Report

5. • 24,6 million international migrants within the CIS in 2010 (11,5% of the
total number of international migrants in the world). Provided that 90% of
international migrants are citizens of the former USSR republics who
change the states of residence within the region.*
*UN 2013 data. UN data is available at the link: Trendsin international migrant stock: migrants by destination and origin [Trends in
the number of international migrants: Migrants by countries of destination and the outcome]. Department of Economic and Social
Affairs of the UN. Population Division. The database of the UN, POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.2012, July 2012

6. Migration Trends Russian Federation – April 2014
* Source:
http://www.fms.gov.ru/about/statistics/data/details/54891/
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7. 0
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200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
Migrants
Migration Trends Kazakhstan – January 2014
Source: Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Kazakhstan

8. 0
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16000 GDP
GDP
• In 2013, remittances represent a high share of GDP; among the top 10
ECA recipients of remittances are Tajikistan, with 48,1 per cent of GDP
($4.1 billion), and Kyrgyzstan with 31.4 per cent of GDP ($2.3 billion)
Source: The World Bank “Migration and Remittance Flows in Europe and
Central Asia: Recent Trends and Outlook” 2013-2016, p.15&16

9. THEMATIC AREAS
 Migration Management: Immigration, Technical Cooperation and
Border Management
 Migration & Development
 Emergency response and community stabilization – MCOF http://www.iom.int/cms/mcof
 Combating Trafficking in Persons, combating Irregular Migration
 Resettlement and Operational Movements
CROSS-CUTTING THEMES
 Governance
 Migrant rights
 Civil society development
 Gender
 Health
IOM Support

10. Regional/Global Frameworks
• Astana Economic Forum – G global a new dialogue
format. The initiative has been designed to combine
the efforts of all to establish a fair and secure world
order.
• RCPs – Almaty Process
• Customs Union and the Common Economic Space
• Commonwealth of Independent States

11. REGIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
AND FOOD SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA
Thank you
Contacts:
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Republic of Kazakhstan
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