Council on Human Exploitation Issues studies surveys on migration in Armenia
The results of the surveys of external migration in Armenia for 2008-2009 and the analysis of labour migration trends and migration experience were represented at the meeting of the Council on Human Trafficking Issues on July 27.
29 September 2010
Karine Kuyumdzhian, the head of the Armenian national statistics service’s census and demography department, said according to the surveys conducted in November-December 2009 return migrants were registered in 1,013 of the 5,609 households, their number totalled 1,106.
In compliance with the programme of joint actions on the sample survey of labour migration in Armenia between the ILO and the Armenian national statistics service an ILO expert studied the survey database and submitted main labour migration trends for 2008-2009 to the Council.
The chairman of the Council, Armen Gevorkian, noted that the surveys will be useful for all interested organizations and stressed importance of making such surveys public.
Source: Regnum news agency