After Kazakhstan declared its independence, it has become a large performer in the worldwide international migration process. The attractions of social and economical stability (with an increase in the level of living standard), stable ethno-demographic and population growth, the inexistence of nation struggles as well as positive geopolitical situations, have lead to a huge flow of immigrants to Kazakhstan in the years since independence. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, eighteen years ago, many ethnic Kazakhs have been resettled in the newly formed state of Kazakhstan, which has attracted diaspora groups to return to their ＂historical homeland.＂ This study examines Kazakhstan's ethnic immigration policy since 1992, and the concurrent changes in Kazakhstan's ethno-demographic structure. This study considers the effect of government migration policies on the ethno-demographic outcomes taking place in Kazakhstan from 1992-2009. I also consider results of the ethnic immigration policy include strengthening the national identity, creating a positive effect on the ethno-demographic outcomes, and increasing the number of the population size over the last eighteen years.
