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MOST OF RA CITIZENS LEAVING FOR RUSSIA FOR WORKING HAVE STATUS OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
Noyan Tapan
April 30, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 30, NOYAN TAPAN. An international conference on the
subject Migration Tendencies from Armenia to Russia started its
proceedings on April 29 in Yerevan on the initiative of the Eurasia
Cooperation foundation and Soldier's Mother NGO.
Gagik Yeganian, the Head of the Migration Agency of the RA Territorial
Administration Ministry, presented the migration situation in
2001-2007.
According to him, a growth of passenger circulation, reduction of
migration negative balance and its turning into a positive one was
recorded in those years. Thus, passenger circulation made 14% in 2005,
15.9% in 2006, and 33.1% in 2007. Migration negative balance made
10 thousand people in 2003 against 50-60 thousand of the previous
years. Migration positive balance was registered in the country
from 2004: it made 2 thousand in 2004, 12.5 thousand in 2005, 21.8
thousand people in 2006. However, again migration negative balance,
3.2 thousand people, was recorded in 2007.
G. Yeganian said that 3-3.8% permanent population of Armenia or
96-122 thousand people were involved in the labor migration process
in 2005-2006.
According to sociological surveys, 93.5% respondents mentioned problems
connected with employment in Armenia as the cause of their leaving the
country. 46.5% of them mentioned the circumstance of being unemployed,
43% of low salary. It was also mentioned that most of labor migrants,
93%, have left for Russia. According to G. Yeganian, most of the RA
citizens leaving for Russia for working continue having the status
of illegal migrants. The head of the agency said that issues of
regulation of RA citizens' legal labor activity in Russia are being
discussed with different RF bodies at present.
Noyan Tapan
April 30, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 30, NOYAN TAPAN. An international conference on the
subject Migration Tendencies from Armenia to Russia started its
proceedings on April 29 in Yerevan on the initiative of the Eurasia
Cooperation foundation and Soldier's Mother NGO.
Gagik Yeganian, the Head of the Migration Agency of the RA Territorial
Administration Ministry, presented the migration situation in
2001-2007.
According to him, a growth of passenger circulation, reduction of
migration negative balance and its turning into a positive one was
recorded in those years. Thus, passenger circulation made 14% in 2005,
15.9% in 2006, and 33.1% in 2007. Migration negative balance made
10 thousand people in 2003 against 50-60 thousand of the previous
years. Migration positive balance was registered in the country
from 2004: it made 2 thousand in 2004, 12.5 thousand in 2005, 21.8
thousand people in 2006. However, again migration negative balance,
3.2 thousand people, was recorded in 2007.
G. Yeganian said that 3-3.8% permanent population of Armenia or
96-122 thousand people were involved in the labor migration process
in 2005-2006.
According to sociological surveys, 93.5% respondents mentioned problems
connected with employment in Armenia as the cause of their leaving the
country. 46.5% of them mentioned the circumstance of being unemployed,
43% of low salary. It was also mentioned that most of labor migrants,
93%, have left for Russia. According to G. Yeganian, most of the RA
citizens leaving for Russia for working continue having the status
of illegal migrants. The head of the agency said that issues of
regulation of RA citizens' legal labor activity in Russia are being
discussed with different RF bodies at present.