ARMENIA SHOULD STRUGGLE AGAINST MIGRATION – PRESIDENT

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July 20 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan believes that migration
in Armenia became vivid, continuous and seasonal during the last
ten years. People usually leave on Jan-May, and return in summer,
while in Sept they leave and arrive at the end of the year.

“The main factor that concerns us is the negative difference between
departures and arrivals of the citizens, as more people leave then
return. About 57,000 people did not return Armenia in 2000, the
number was 60,000 in 2001. However, positive trend was registered in
2004-2006. As a result, 23,000-29,000 people did not return Armenia
during the last years,” president said.

The only means to eliminate the negative migration is struggling
against the phenomena which force people to emigrate the state,
he added.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress