Ryazantsev S. V., Rakhmonov A. Kh. Emigration from Tajikistan to NAFTA countries: trends and development prospects. Bulletin of Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics. 2023. No. 2 (95). Pp. 51-63. DOI: 10.24412 ...

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Abstract

The article examines the new direction of migration from Tajikistan to NAFTA countries, trends and new channels of emigration from Tajikistan to the United States, the scale and settlement of Tajik migrants in Canada, as well as Mexico as a new channel of illegal emigration from Tajikistan to the United States. Migrants from Tajikistan after the collapse of the USSR considered Russia as the main channel of emigration. Every year, million citizens of Tajikistan come to work in Russia. But various crises in Russia, including the deterioration of Russia's economic situation due to the imposition of new economic sanctions by the EU countries and the United States, after the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, forced part of migrants from Tajikistan to seek a new direction of labor emigration. These new directions became the countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), primarily the United States and Canada. Over the past thirty years, the USA and Canada are attracting emigrants around the world with a high standard of living and social protection, including from CIS countries. Highly skilled Tajik migrants mainly migrate to the USA and Canada, but the situation of labor migrants in Russia has led to the migration of low-skilled Tajik citizens to these countries, including through illegal means. In recent years, there has been an increase the inflow of illegal migrants from Central Asian countries to the United States. Illegal emigration through the Mexico to the United States is becoming popular among citizens of Central Asian countries. Due to the low standard of living in origin-countries, citizens of Central Asian countries are looking for any way to get to the United States through Mexico, despite the threat of arrest and death. The purpose of the article is to identify new channels of emigration from Tajikistan to the USA and Canada, as well as factors and channels of illegal emigration from Tajikistan to NAFTA countries.