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Desperate to return to jobs in Russia, Tajiks face sky-high airfares

Desperate to return to jobs in Russia, Tajiks face sky-high airfares Issued on: 09/04/2021 - 16:42 Russia relies on migrants from the ex-Soviet states of Central Asia to fill jobs as construction workers, street cleaners, farm labourers and delivery people Khurshed Davronov AFP 4 min Dushanbe (Tajikistan) (AFP) Tajik workers desperate to return to Russia have been forming long queues at the country s state air ticket agency but eye-watering prices are leaving many out in the cold. There was joy across Tajikistan, a Central Asian state of 9.5 million people, when on April 1 regular flights were resumed with Russia, a country that thousands of Tajiks were forced to leave after job opportunities dried up with the first coronavirus lockdown in March last year.

With migrant workers stuck at home, Russia leans on its own

With migrant workers stuck at home, Russia leans on its own Issued on: 17/03/2021 - 06:14 With millions of foreign labourers from the former Soviet Union stuck at home due to pandemic-induced border closures, Russian companies have had to adapt, hiring more expensive workers from the country s regions. Yuri KADOBNOV AFP 4 min Moscow (AFP) Russian construction executive Vitaly Lychits bemoans a shortage of cheap foreign workers during the coronavirus pandemic as he walks across frost-covered ground at a building site in southwest Moscow. For years, Russia has relied on migrant labourers to do some of the hardest and worst paying jobs, especially in industries like construction and agriculture that face chronic labour shortages.

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