People from Central Asia are going to work in Europe more and more - notes of a Muslim
Assalamu alaikum! A short report on how migration from around here is changing.
More and more people from Central Asia are going to Europe to earn money. The EU, facing a labor shortage, has reached agreements with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to hire their citizens to work in agriculture, healthcare and the service sector.
Higher pay and stability are making many consider leaving. "Honestly, salary is my main concern," says caregiver Shakhnoza Gulmurotova, who received an offer to work in Germany and was promised $2,500 a month.
But it's not that simple: adapting is hard - new customs, the language, sometimes no access to familiar food or a place to pray. "Moving to Germany exhausts me," admits Uzbek paramedic Umidjon Alijonov, who studied in Russia. "I would never have thought I'd be learning German, but now it's my life," he shares.
Tajik Azimjon Badalov is now in the UK picking strawberries - before that he worked in Russia for 10 years. He says he likes it there better, and there are Muslim communities among the locals, which makes daily life easier.
If in 2016 there were between 4 and 6 million citizens of Uzbekistan living in Russia, now there are fewer than a million. According to the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, in 2023 European countries issued around 75,000 work permits to citizens of Central Asian countries.
"The geography of labor migration has changed a lot," notes Babur Valiev, a representative of Uzbekistan's Migration Agency. "We're trying to direct our citizens to developed countries: Germany, Slovakia, Poland, South Korea, Japan. Negotiations are currently underway with Finland, Canada, Norway and the USA."
By the way, Islam arose in the 7th century and has greatly influenced the history and culture of many peoples. "Islam" in Arabic means submission to the will of Allah, and today the religion has more than a billion followers. Many of our compatriots, when they leave, look for places where they can preserve religious and family traditions.
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Thanks for your attention, hang in there, pray, and may Allah ease the paths of those who are leaving.
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