HEAD OF MIGRATION SERVICE SAYS MORE PEOPLE ARRIVE IN ARMENIA THAN LEAVE

Panorama.am
17:29 25/07/2007

Migration and Refugees Department Head Gagik Yeganyan told a news
conference today "21,000 more people arrived in Armenia last year than
left" referring to lower migration flows since 2003. "Passenger flows
tend to rise by 15-18 percent each year as against previous year,"
the department head said. The passenger flow is expected to rise up
to 2 million 200 thousand in 2007 whereas in 2002 this indicator was
only 1 million 118 thousand. Yeganyan said: "Armenia is becoming a
place of interest for many."