High unemployment rates and low wages in Uzbekistan force many to leave their families and homes to earn money for a living. In Russia, they cram sources of common labor...Many of them are not aware of legal procedures for labor migration, making for a large number of illegal migrants registered neither in Uzbekistan nor in Russia. All these factors create conditions for underpayment, complete absence of social guarantees, and bad treatment by employers. Cases of gastarbeiters being exploited, enslaved or killed have lately become quite frequent.