Tajik migrants offered wages of up to $1,200 and housing in Belarus

Tajikistan has concluded cooperation agreements with more than ten enterprises in the Grodno region of Belarus for the employment of the republic’s citizens. This was reported by the Agency for Employment Abroad of the Republic of Tajikistan. A delegation from the Agency, led by its director Juma Rajabov, visited the Grodno region on the instructions of Tajikistan’s Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment. The purpose of the visit was to expand the geography of labor migration and to find new opportunities for the official employment of Tajikistan’s citizens abroad. Agency representatives held talks with the leadership of the Grodno region and local employers.

The parties discussed the recruitment of workers from Tajikistan for the construction, agricultural, textile and industrial sectors, as well as for services and transport. According to the Agency, cooperation agreements were reached, in particular, with JSC Gronitex, which produces cotton goods, JSC Belkard, the Skidelsky agro-combine, the construction company Grodnopromstroy, the enterprise Grodnoblavtotrans, and the enterprise Tsvetlit. Tajikistan’s citizens are also planned to be recruited to work at the Grodno bus depot as bus and trolleybus drivers, at the Grodno poultry farm, at farms, and at the enterprise Grodnenskiy Sad, where workers are needed for growing and harvesting apples and for work in greenhouses. ‹ › Salary — from $750 to $1,200 Following the talks, employers promised salaries ranging from $750 to…