Gagik Yeganyan: there is no “threatening” emigration from Armenia May 23, 2011 - 13:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of migration agency at the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration, Gagik Yeganyan, believes that there is no threatening emigration from Armenia. “Without mentioning any sources, some media outlets keep reporting that emigration is growing every year and becomes threatening,” he told journalists on May 23. Yegonyan informed that in 2008, 2009 and 2010 negative migration balance totaled 23059, 24978 and 28960 respectively. “One may not speak about new wave of emigration, taking into consideration that in 1992-1994 yearly net migration balance totaled 120-220 thousand migrants, and in 1995-2001 it amounted to about 60 thousand migrants,” he mentioned. The head of migration service called on media to cooperate with the agency and to publish real figures instead of unverified information. Mentioning the complications of emigrants calculation, he said that one can never find out the exact number of emigrants from the negative migration balance. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |