“As of March 1, 2024, 2.8 thousand ethnic Kazakhs returned to their historical homeland and received the status of kandas. In total, 1.1311 million ethnic Kazakhs have returned to the republic since 1991,” reads the report.
More than half of the Kandas (49.6%) who arrived in Kazakhstan since the beginning of the year are from China, 31.9% are from Uzbekistan, 6.8% from Turkmenistan, 6.5% from Mongolia, 3.9% from Russia and 1.3% from other countries.
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