BAKU/16.01.14/Turan : Number of foreigners taken to a personal account in the State Fund of Social Protection ( SSPF) , last year increased by 18.8%.
According to the press service of the fund , the total number of registered SSPF " legionnaires " was 17 098 people . By January 1, last year the number of reported " guest workers " was 13 876 people .
Totally in Azerbaijan, migrants work from 100 countries. From Turkey there are 9 848 people. In the system of personal accounting in the second place is Georgia - 1,881 people, while the third line is for the Russian Federation - 904 migrants.
For lovers of statistics, we inform you that following with a considerable margin are Iran - 560 , India - 422 , China - 404 , Great Britain - 247 , Uzbekistan - 199 and so on.
According to the Fund, currently about 90 % of foreigners who are registered , - men, 10 % - women .
The process of attracting foreigners to pay compulsory insurance commenced on 1 January 2006. According to experts, the formal figures on the records of foreign labor are much less than the real ones. - 17D-
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