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ARMENIA'S ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE STATISTICS
December 18, 2013 | 11:15
YEREVAN. - A total of 1,780,160 people have arrived in, and 1,888,165
have departed from, Armenia from January to September 2013.
"People in Need" NGO Migration Project Manager Tatevik Bejanyan stated
the aforesaid at a press conference on Wednesday.
Bejanyan noted that December 18 is International Migrants Day. She
added, however, that there is no registration of migrants in Armenia,
and therefore they ascertain the numbers through departures and
arrivals.
Presenting the respective statistics, Bejanyan stated that 73
percent of the people that departed from Armenia have headed to
Russia. The rest primarily traveled to the US, Ukraine, and several
other countries. The least number of people went to the Netherlands,
Belarus, Turkey, Belgium, and Georgia.
In addition, 77 percent of the Armenian migrants are men, and the
largest age group that departed from Armenia is between the ages of
26 and 35 (30%).
The NGO official also informed that the majority of Armenia's migrant
workers have received secondary education.
Tatevik Bejanyan added that the bank remittances to Armenia comprise 20
percent of the country's GDP. Furthermore, 80 percent of the Armenian
households that receive remittances from abroad are reluctant to open
savings accounts in banks.
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December 18, 2013 | 11:15
YEREVAN. - A total of 1,780,160 people have arrived in, and 1,888,165
have departed from, Armenia from January to September 2013.
"People in Need" NGO Migration Project Manager Tatevik Bejanyan stated
the aforesaid at a press conference on Wednesday.
Bejanyan noted that December 18 is International Migrants Day. She
added, however, that there is no registration of migrants in Armenia,
and therefore they ascertain the numbers through departures and
arrivals.
Presenting the respective statistics, Bejanyan stated that 73
percent of the people that departed from Armenia have headed to
Russia. The rest primarily traveled to the US, Ukraine, and several
other countries. The least number of people went to the Netherlands,
Belarus, Turkey, Belgium, and Georgia.
In addition, 77 percent of the Armenian migrants are men, and the
largest age group that departed from Armenia is between the ages of
26 and 35 (30%).
The NGO official also informed that the majority of Armenia's migrant
workers have received secondary education.
Tatevik Bejanyan added that the bank remittances to Armenia comprise 20
percent of the country's GDP. Furthermore, 80 percent of the Armenian
households that receive remittances from abroad are reluctant to open
savings accounts in banks.
http://news.am/eng/news/185956.html