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TURKEY LETS AZERBAIJAN DOWN: ANGELA ELIBEGOVA PRESENTS ANKARA'S DATA UNMASKING FALSITY OF BAKU'S STATISTICS OVER MIGRATION RATE
Panorama.am
18:40 18/12/2012 " SOCIETY
"According to the official data of State Statistics Committee of
Azerbaijan annual migration balance is stably positive. However, if we
analyze the migration flows from countries neighboring Azerbaijan then
we can see that according to official data tens of thousands of people
are leaving this country for permanent residence in abroad each year,"
stated expert of Geopolitics of the South Caucasus, PhD in Political
Science Angela Elibegova in an interview given to Analitika.at.ua.
The expert noted in particular:
"Back in 2011, it was stated that, after the citizens of Ukraine and
Uzbekistan, the Azerbaijanis in Russia (500 thousand people per year)
by the number of labor migrants have been on the third place.
Moreover, in recent years, the negative migration balance of the
"fast growing" Azerbaijan together with Russia is increasing; it has
increased for 17 times during 7 years and by 36% during 2011.
According to the Chairman of State Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
on Work with Diaspora Nazim Ibrahimov 2.5 million of Azerbaijanis
live in Russia.
According to the immigration service records of Turkey 578, 6 thousand
Azerbaijanis entered the country in 2011, and left 565.4 citizens.
Thus, for the last year, 13 thousand Azerbaijanis settled there down,
most of them from Nakhijevan. Again, according to the official data
of the Turkish side, about 150 thousand people, since 1997, have left
the autonomous region for Turkey for permanent residence.
At the same time there is a considerable migration of Azerbaijanis to
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the EU and the U.S. So, if a detailed analysis
of migration flows singly for each country is carried out then the
figure will grow over 100 thousand.
Azerbaijani officials often state about opening of "millions of
jobs" in the country since 2003. However, they never state how many
workplaces have been closed during the same period. Then, there is
no specific list of companies and areas where it is indicated that
these jobs are "successfully created." Besides, President Aliyev likes
speaking about the record pace of poverty reduction - five times within
seven years. In the same time, the parameters by which Azerbaijani
government defines poverty rate are extremely doubtful. If we compare
data of Azerbaijan with the poorest EU member states, for example, then
most of the population of Azerbaijan will cross the poverty threshold.
Judge for yourself, the GDP growth was only 0.1% in 2011 oil production
was declined by 10%. During a year the number of Azerbaijani
citizens, who applied for asylum in developed countries, grew by
18%. As Arif Veliyev, the chairman of the State Statistics Committee
of Azerbaijan stated, in the middle class of the country are include
those who have an income of 150-190 dollars and that make the 70% of
the population. According to the studies of the American Sociological
Center Gallup only 7% of the population of Azerbaijan is satisfied
with life.
700 thousand people in Azerbaijan receive a targeted social assistance,
they, according to the state agencies of Azerbaijan, live below the
poverty threshold. Moreover, about 35% of the employable population
does not have a job or does not want to work. According to the data of
State Social Protection Fund, only 2 million of employable population
(40%) works in Azerbaijan, of which about 1 million are government
employees. That is to say, if 60% of the population in Azerbaijan
does not work, then the official figures about 7% of the poverty
threshold do not correspond to reality, as well as the data on opening
another 1 million workplaces, because, it comes out that, before 2003
no one was worked in Azerbaijan, except employees of budget based
institutions. Moreover, in Azerbaijan there are 4.5% of people with
disabilities recorded officially, plus 6% of officially unemployed,
plus retirees, students and other groups at risk, it becomes obvious
that the official figures are not just under-reported, they blatantly
lie. And they do not lie to others, but to the same citizens of
Azerbaijan, every second of who, according to the studies of Center
for Economic and Social Development (CESD), is a debtor."
Panorama.am
18:40 18/12/2012 " SOCIETY
"According to the official data of State Statistics Committee of
Azerbaijan annual migration balance is stably positive. However, if we
analyze the migration flows from countries neighboring Azerbaijan then
we can see that according to official data tens of thousands of people
are leaving this country for permanent residence in abroad each year,"
stated expert of Geopolitics of the South Caucasus, PhD in Political
Science Angela Elibegova in an interview given to Analitika.at.ua.
The expert noted in particular:
"Back in 2011, it was stated that, after the citizens of Ukraine and
Uzbekistan, the Azerbaijanis in Russia (500 thousand people per year)
by the number of labor migrants have been on the third place.
Moreover, in recent years, the negative migration balance of the
"fast growing" Azerbaijan together with Russia is increasing; it has
increased for 17 times during 7 years and by 36% during 2011.
According to the Chairman of State Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
on Work with Diaspora Nazim Ibrahimov 2.5 million of Azerbaijanis
live in Russia.
According to the immigration service records of Turkey 578, 6 thousand
Azerbaijanis entered the country in 2011, and left 565.4 citizens.
Thus, for the last year, 13 thousand Azerbaijanis settled there down,
most of them from Nakhijevan. Again, according to the official data
of the Turkish side, about 150 thousand people, since 1997, have left
the autonomous region for Turkey for permanent residence.
At the same time there is a considerable migration of Azerbaijanis to
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the EU and the U.S. So, if a detailed analysis
of migration flows singly for each country is carried out then the
figure will grow over 100 thousand.
Azerbaijani officials often state about opening of "millions of
jobs" in the country since 2003. However, they never state how many
workplaces have been closed during the same period. Then, there is
no specific list of companies and areas where it is indicated that
these jobs are "successfully created." Besides, President Aliyev likes
speaking about the record pace of poverty reduction - five times within
seven years. In the same time, the parameters by which Azerbaijani
government defines poverty rate are extremely doubtful. If we compare
data of Azerbaijan with the poorest EU member states, for example, then
most of the population of Azerbaijan will cross the poverty threshold.
Judge for yourself, the GDP growth was only 0.1% in 2011 oil production
was declined by 10%. During a year the number of Azerbaijani
citizens, who applied for asylum in developed countries, grew by
18%. As Arif Veliyev, the chairman of the State Statistics Committee
of Azerbaijan stated, in the middle class of the country are include
those who have an income of 150-190 dollars and that make the 70% of
the population. According to the studies of the American Sociological
Center Gallup only 7% of the population of Azerbaijan is satisfied
with life.
700 thousand people in Azerbaijan receive a targeted social assistance,
they, according to the state agencies of Azerbaijan, live below the
poverty threshold. Moreover, about 35% of the employable population
does not have a job or does not want to work. According to the data of
State Social Protection Fund, only 2 million of employable population
(40%) works in Azerbaijan, of which about 1 million are government
employees. That is to say, if 60% of the population in Azerbaijan
does not work, then the official figures about 7% of the poverty
threshold do not correspond to reality, as well as the data on opening
another 1 million workplaces, because, it comes out that, before 2003
no one was worked in Azerbaijan, except employees of budget based
institutions. Moreover, in Azerbaijan there are 4.5% of people with
disabilities recorded officially, plus 6% of officially unemployed,
plus retirees, students and other groups at risk, it becomes obvious
that the official figures are not just under-reported, they blatantly
lie. And they do not lie to others, but to the same citizens of
Azerbaijan, every second of who, according to the studies of Center
for Economic and Social Development (CESD), is a debtor."