The Diaspora Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The Diaspora Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Author(s): Gulnara Mendikulova
Subject(s): Economic policy, Migration Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Hokkaido Slavic-Eurasian Reserarch Center
Summary/Abstract: Understanding the politics of the Kazakh diaspora in the Republic of Kazakhstan requires knowledge of the general features of the diaspora and irredenta. The latter is an ethnic group that occupies its own lands, but as a result of conquests or annexations of territories their homeland is now under the rule of foreign governments. The global Kazakh population in 2009–2010 exceeded 14 million. Table 1 shows more than 10 million living in Kazakhstan, 1.250 million in China, 870,000 in Russia, nearly 900,000 in Uzbekistan, 145,000 in Mongolia, 15,000 in Turkey, and the remainder in more than 43 countries.

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