23 THOUSAND PEOPLE LEFT ARMENIA IN 2008

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.01.2009 21:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Substantial increase in migration was fixed in 2008,
according to the migration agency at the RA ministry of territorial
administration.

The Armenian state border was crossed 2 mln 817 thousand times last
year. The number of leaving people exceeded the number of those
arriving with 23 059.

It has been the worst index since 2001 when 60 thousand people
left the republic. At that, the largest human drain was fixed in
March-April, after the tragic events that followed the February
presidential election.

It’s also reported that 600 thousand people visited Armenia as
tourists. They were mostly Armenians from the United States, France,
Georgia and Iran.