Level of migration moods among Kyrgyz youth has reached its critical stand, the Kyrgyz trade union program on employees' rights protection in terms of global financial crisis reported.
"In 2008 the amount of funds transferred from Kyrgyz labor migrants abroad reached 1.2 billion. However, in January 2009 it went down by 40 percent. Due to major job cuts in Kazakhstan and Russian, about 200 - 300 thousands labor migrants are expected to come back to Kyrgyzstan, which is likely to heat up the social instability," the program said.
"Forecasts about rising costs for basic commodities and utilities correlate with cut down of money transfers from migrants. In 2009 prices for bread and flour are expected to grow by 15-20 percent, when housing services may grow in price by 45 percent," the document stated, reported 24.kg.
