Almost 10,500 people have received returnee (kandas) status since the beginning of the year. A total of 1.11 million ethnic Kazakhs have returned to Kazakhstan since 1991, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection reports. More than half of the returnees (56%) arrived in Kazakhstan since the beginning of this year from Uzbekistan, 19.3% from China, 9.7% from Russia, 7.8% from Mongolia, 4.6% from Turkmenistan and 2.6% from other countries. The number of ethnic migrants of working age is 65.6%, younger than working age 25.8%, pensioners 8.6% as of July 1. 16.7% of returnees have higher education, 37.1% have specialized secondary education, and 38.8% have general secondary education. Returnees settled in different regions of Kazakhstan. Labor-deficient regions, including Akmola, Abay, Kostanay, Pavlodar, East and North Kazakhstan regions, were identified as priority for them. The quota for receiving returnees in the regions of resettlement for 2023 is 1,925 people. 1,032 returnees have been resettled as of July 1. The resettled people are provided with state support in the form of subsidies for moving. It is a lump sum of 241,500 tenge per head and each family member, for renting housing and paying for utilities monthly for one year from 51,700 to 103,500 tenge. Support has been provided to 565 returnees since the beginning of 2023. In particular, 293 people were employed for permanent work, 565 received one-time subsidies, and 257 were subsidized for housing costs.
Source: Central Asian News Services (CANS)