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A total of 47,961 foreign nationals came to work in Belarus between January and September. The country’s Interior Ministry published the figures for the first three quarters. According to police statistics, the number increased by 17,600 in the third quarter.
Citizens of Turkmenistan remain the largest group of labour migrants, numbering 20,430 (+6,785 in the third quarter). They are followed by citizens of:
There were 356 Pakistani workers in Belarus, 154 more than at the end of the first half of the year.
Meanwhile, 34,343 people came to work without special permits (+12,687 in the third quarter). Of these, 20,250 worked in blue-collar occupations included in the approved list of jobs exempt from permit requirements, while 557 worked in clerical and other white-collar positions. The most in-demand occupations were car driver (2,614), cook (2,684), livestock worker (2,029), concrete worker (1,553), bricklayer (1,509), building maintenance and repair worker (1,681) and plasterer (1,602). Among white-collar workers, engineers (159) and software engineers (112) were the most numerous.
A total of 13,618 people entered the country under special work permits, including 4,909 in the third quarter.
In the first half of the year, 1,661 Belarusian citizens travelled abroad under registered employment contracts. The most popular destinations were Poland, Russia and the United States. While those travelling to Poland and Russia were mainly employed in blue-collar occupations, those going to the United States mostly worked in the service and retail sectors.