Almost 15,000 ethnic Kazakhs returned to home country since Jan

The majority of repatriates (66.7%) came from Uzbekistan, 23.6% came from China, 4.2% – from Turkmenistan, 2.4% – from Mongolia and 3.1% – from other countries.

Most of them settled across Almaty region – 2,364 families (4,729 people), South Kazakhstan region – 1,572 families (3,044 people), Mangistau region - 506 families (2,311 people), Zhambyl region - 620 families (1,254 people) and East Kazakhstan region - 369 families (778 people). 272 families (571 people) – moved to Akmola region,  221 families (431 people) moved to Karaganda region,   154 families (296 people) – to Kostanay region, 51 families (237 people) – to Aktobe region,   90 families (231people) – to Pavlodar region, 84 families (145 people) – to Atyrau region,   45 families (102 people) – to the North Kazakhstan region, 6 families (26 people) – to the West Kazakhstan region, 15 families (24 people) – to Kyzylorda region, 341 families (549 people) – to Astana and 130 families  (219  people) – to Almaty.