NEGATIVE BALANCE OF MIGRATION IN ARMENIA DURING 9 MONTHS OF 2006 GROWS 10% COMPARED WITH SAME PERIOD OF TIME OF PREVIOUS YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Oct 25 2006

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The negative balance of migration
in Armenia during the 9 months of 2006 made 37.3 thousand people
what is 3.4 thousand people or 10% more of the index of the same
period of time of the previous year. During the current year positive
balance of migration was fixed in June, July and September, making,
correspondingly, 7682, 6457 and 639 people. As the Noyan Tapan
correspondent was informed by Gagik Yeganian, the Chief of the
Migration Agency of the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration,
the negative balance of migration has reduced year by year since 2002,
and positive balance was fixed in 2004-2005. G.Yeganian also informed
that volumes of passengers’ flow grow year by year. The total volume
of passengers’ flow made 1396.6 thousand people in January-September
of the current year what made 145.5 thousand or 11.6% more compared
with the same period of time of the previous year.