OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2014. Skilled workers outflow from Kazakhstan, this has been reported by the Vice Minister of National Economy Madina Abylkasymova at the round table themed "Migration trends (social aspects)" held in Majilis.

"According to statistics skilled population outflow increased in recent years. However, net inflow of unskilled labor goes higher," M.Abylkasymova said.

According to her words, in the last 4 years, the number of emigrants with higher education has exceeded the number of immigrants with higher education by 65%. Maximum net outflow of migrants of working age is observed in technical, economic and educational fields.

Vice Minister of National Economy Madina Abylkassymova believes Kazakhstan needs a new selective policy on attraction of qualified and highly qualified staff.

"Recruiting highly qualified staff is one of the priorities of migration policy of many developed and developing countries. According to the Economic Research Institute, the need for highly qualified personnel will only grow in Kazakhstan in the future and will reach 354,200 people by 2030," she said.

In her words, Kazakhstan needs to develop the new selective migration policy in order to attract only qualified and highly qualified staff to the country.