YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The specific weight of those, who leave for the purpose of working activities is great among the Emigration population statum of Armenia: every 2 out of 3 people, who leave, are leaving for that very purpose. This statement was made by Gagik Yeganian, the Head of the Department for Migration and Refugee Issues under the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration, during the meeting with journalists held on November 7. He mentioned that according to the research recently conducted by the OSCE, 13.9% of the home farms of Armenia is involved in the labour migration process. Gagik Yeganian also stated that according to the marks given by independent experts, over 1 million jobs have been created by Armenian migrant businessmen only in the Russian Federation. "And on the other hand, money transfers are directed to Armenia, as a country of origin, which, according to the data of the RA Central Bank, are growing year after year," Gagik Yeganian said, adding that only last private transfers made approximately 1.2 billion drams.

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