Migration within and from Uzbekistan: the role of religion (original) (raw)
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The subject of the research is the relationship between the phenomena of religion and migrations. The problem of their interaction has been inherent in human society since the ancient times; this problem is relevant one in nova days too. The consequences and prospects of development of this complex phenomenon in contemporary society are not sufficiently examined in science yet, especially in Sociology. In the paper, the role of religion in migration processes is studied based on the analysis of various sources, synthesis, induction, analogy, and abstraction. In course of research were analyzed numerous religious treatises, fiction works and classical sociological works, as well as works by foreign and Russian contemporary academic authors. The paper notes that the migration discourse has now shifted from the geographic and demographic to the socio-political domain. Religion has begun to play an important role at all stages of migration, both from the perspective of neoliberal and hu...
COUNTRY REPORT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MIGRATION AND STUDENT MOBILITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
In modern Uzbekistan external migration processes largely occur on the same key areas that have been observed in the late twentieth century. Most of the immigration and emigration have been occurring on the territory of the Commonwealth Independent States (CIS). However, at the present time, the external migration is characterized by a relatively small and constantly decreasing number of arrivals to the country. Recently it is in the range of 5-6 thousand people per year against 30-35 thousand people in the mid 90's. According to the State Statistics Committee, during the period of 1991-2008 about 450 thousand people came from outside to Uzbekistan.