CHINESE GET INTO ARMENIAN LABOUR MARKET

Yerevan, January 16. ArmInfo. In several years, mononational Armenia
will need foreign labor force, Sona Harutyunyan, the head of the State
Employment Service Agency of Armenia, told an ArmInfo correspondent
at a press-conference, Tuesday.

She noted that today, not only Armenians of Diaspora, but also citizens
of China, India and Iran come to Armenia looking for a job.

The Agency doesn’t yet hold social research on tendency of the
migration rate of foreigners to Armenia. Nevertheless, S.Harutyunyan
noted that the number of the Chinese working in the merchandise markets
as salesmen has visually increased. But the number of Armenians
– citizens of Iraq and Lebanon, looking for a job in Armenia is
known. According to official data, this number doesn’t exceed several
dozens. S.Harutyunyan also told the example of Lithuania where several
years ago the rate of migration from the country led to the deficit
of labor force in the country.

Meanwhile, according to the Agency’s data for the beginning of 2007,
102 thsd people looking for a job were registered in Armenia. Over
84 thsd of them are unemployed.