Belarus to revise legislation on migration to prevent skilled workforce outflow
<p> MINSK, Dec 2 - PrimePress. The government of Belarus proposes a comprehensive revision of the legislation on migration to encourage skilled workforce to stay in the country and attract specialists, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said, presenting the government action program for the period to 2025 in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly on December 2, 2020. The government’s press posted a video of his speech on Facebook. </p> <p> </p> <p> “A comprehensive adjustment of the legislation on migration is proposed. Significant efforts will be made to reduce the outflow of population, especially young people, to prevent the so-called “brain drain,” BelTA state newswire quotes Golovchenko as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, against the backdrop of the political crisis in Belarus, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States invited highly qualified Belarusian specialists (in particular from the IT-sector and health care). According to the Department of Citizenship and Migration of the Interior Ministry of Belarus, nearly 10,000 Belarusian nationals left for Poland in September-October 2020, and about 3,000 moved to Ukraine. Political repression in Belarus after the August presidential election gave an impetus to the workforce migration. End </p> <p> </p>
2020-12-03
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MINSK, Dec 2 - PrimePress. The government of Belarus proposes a comprehensive revision of the legislation on migration to encourage skilled workforce to stay in the country and attract specialists, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said, presenting the government action program for the period to 2025 in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly on December 2, 2020. The government’s press posted a video of his speech on Facebook.
“A comprehensive adjustment of the legislation on migration is proposed. Significant efforts will be made to reduce the outflow of population, especially young people, to prevent the so-called “brain drain,” BelTA state newswire quotes Golovchenko as saying.
As previously reported, against the backdrop of the political crisis in Belarus, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic States invited highly qualified Belarusian specialists (in particular from the IT-sector and health care). According to the Department of Citizenship and Migration of the Interior Ministry of Belarus, nearly 10,000 Belarusian nationals left for Poland in September-October 2020, and about 3,000 moved to Ukraine. Political repression in Belarus after the August presidential election gave an impetus to the workforce migration. End