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MIGRATION BALANCE NEGATIVE IN ALL CIS COUNTRIES EXCEPT RUSSIA AND BELARUS
RIA Novosti, Russia
September 07, 2005
BAKU, September 7 (RIA Novosti, Geray Dadashev) - Among the CIS
countries, only Russia and Belarus have a positive balance of
migration, a Russian official said Wednesday.
Alexander Kurtin, the president of the International Association of
Pension and Social Funds, said that in 2003, immigration compensated
for depopulation in Russia by 10% and in Belarus by 10.5%.
In the remaining CIS countries, there is a negative balance of
migration, he said, speaking at the conference for Globalization and
Social Protection of Labor Migrants, which began Wednesday in the
Azeri capital. In 2003, the highest levels of migration out of CIS
countries were in Armenia (25 people in every 10,000), Kyrgyzstan
(33) and Tajikistan (17).
RIA Novosti, Russia
September 07, 2005
BAKU, September 7 (RIA Novosti, Geray Dadashev) - Among the CIS
countries, only Russia and Belarus have a positive balance of
migration, a Russian official said Wednesday.
Alexander Kurtin, the president of the International Association of
Pension and Social Funds, said that in 2003, immigration compensated
for depopulation in Russia by 10% and in Belarus by 10.5%.
In the remaining CIS countries, there is a negative balance of
migration, he said, speaking at the conference for Globalization and
Social Protection of Labor Migrants, which began Wednesday in the
Azeri capital. In 2003, the highest levels of migration out of CIS
countries were in Armenia (25 people in every 10,000), Kyrgyzstan
(33) and Tajikistan (17).