OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF ARMENIAN MIGRANTS NOT AWARE OF
MIGRATION LAWS OF ABROAD
28-04-2006 18:50:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian representation
of the Czech charity fund "People in Need" jointly with the
"Hamaynk ev Iravunk" ("Community and Right) public organization
held a sociological survey in Yerevan from February 24 to March
10.
As Samvel Mkrtchian, the Chairman of the organization
informed at the April 28 event dedicated to presenting of
results of the survey, 123 people participated in the
sociological survey. 56.9% of them has no profit, 13% gets very
low salary and only 9% gets from 50 thousand to 200 thousand
drams (about 444 U.S. dollars). 9.8% of them was in refugees'
camp, 4.9% worked abroad legally, and 7.3% worked in illegal
way. 59.3% of those surveyed decided to stay in the Fatherland,
and 40.7% to leave for abroad. 66.7% of participants of the
survey is interested in the migration laws functioning abroad,
19.5% is not interested in them.
S.Mkrtchian mentioned, according to official data, one
migrant falls to the lot of every 10th family in the republic.
147 thousand people left the country in 2002-2005 to find work.
According to him, the overwhelming majority of those leaving the
country is not aware of migration laws of the above-mentioned
country.
It was also mentioned that the "People in Need" Armenian
representation created "Hot Line," which gives free consultation
to RA citizens about migration laws functioning in European
countries.