ARMENIAN EMIGRANTS DO NOT HURRY TO RETURN FROM RUSSIA TO ARMENIA: THEY SEEK NEW WAYS OF EARNING MONEY
Noyan Tapan
June 25, 2009
YEREVAN, JUNE 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian emigrants do not hurry
to return from Russia to Armenia: no inflow of emigrants from Russia
into Armenia has been recorded, Head of the Migration Agency of RA
Ministry of Territorial Administration Gagik Yeganian said at the
June 25 press conference.
Whereas, according to him, they expected more emigrants to come back
to Armenia due the impact of the global economic crisis on Russia. "We
expected an inflow of such people into Armenia. We even signed an
agreement with Russian migration services to facilitate their return
to Armenia, but the number of those returning home is not especially
large," G. Yeganian noted.
In his words, although many Armenian emigrants lost their jobs because
of the crisis in Russia, they do not hurry to return and seek new
ways of earning money.