90 PER CENT OF ARMENIAN MIGRANTS IN TURKEY ARE WOMEN

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.11.2009 18:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yerevan hosted a seminar "Situation of Armenian
migrants in Turkey". Coordinator of the Armenian-Turkish Initiatives
of Cooperation-Eurasia Fund Artak Shakaryan informed that the studies
were conducted in April-August of 2009.

"According to the study, 90 per cent of Armenian migrants in Turkey
are women. The studies show that the figure announced by the Turkish
leadership (50 to 80 thousand Armenian migrants) is untrue," Artak
Shakaryan said.

According to the survey, around 6000 Armenians emigrated from Armenia
to Turkey between 2000 and 2007. According to the study, the income
of Armenian migrants is ranging from $100 to $600 per month.

Participants stressed, children of Armenian migrants are deprived
of the opportunity to attend Armenian schools, since they are not
citizens of Turkey.

Regarding the relationship between the Armenian migrants and
representatives of the Armenian community of Istanbul, studies show
that most of Istanbul-based Armenians provide migrants with work.