During the past 9 months of this year, more than 27,000 citizens went to work in Russia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Great Britain, Turkey, Germany, Japan and other countries, the External Labor Migration Agency said.

As a result of negotiations with foreign organizations, 3,825 Uzbeks were sent to work in South Korea and 77 to England.

The agency provided services to more than 206,000 citizens during the period under review. Of this, a little over 183,000 people received counseling services, 6,063 people received legal assistance, more than 15,000 people were provided with social aid, 2,595 people received financial help, and 1,009 people were given one-time financial assistance. Also, 198 citizens were placed in temporary hostels, and 844 citizens who fell into difficult situations were brought to Uzbekistan.

With the intervention of the agency’s representative offices abroad, wages in the amount of $834 thousand were collected from the employers of labor migrants.

Today, Uzbeks who want to work abroad are offered jobs in various fields of medicine, driving, construction, production and service in countries such as Germany, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Poland.