YEREVAN, JULY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. A discussion under the title Efficient Labor Migration Management in Armenia: Migration and Development, Migration and Money Transfers took place on July 17 in Yerevan on the initiative of the International Labor Organization and with the financial support of the European Union. According to the statement spread by the organizers, over 760-780 thousand people emigrated from Armenia in 1991-1998, which makes 20% country's population as of 1991. The study conducted by OSCE in 2002-2005 shows that over 90% labor migrants leaves for Russia, in particular, RF capital Moscow. Boris Kharatian, the Vice-Chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia, said that one of the reasons of labor migration is not finding a job in the homeland, the other is low salary. According to Gagik Makarian, the Executive Director of the Republican Union of Employers, in the past years the Union has been exerting efforts especially to provide young people with jobs to prevent their possible emigration. For that purpose the Union assists establishment of educational institutions-employer permanent contact. G. Makarian said that employers are willing to hire honest and duteous specialists.

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