YEREVAN, JULY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Estimation of Migration Legislation" research was implemented with the assistance of the OSCE Yerevan office, the main goal of which is to introduce the possible ways of improving the institutional and legal field concerning the issues of international migration in the Republic of Armenia. The discussion-presentation of this research took place on July 3 within the framework of the "Assistance for the development of migration policy and formation of corresponding abilities in Armenia" program, which is being implemented in Armenia with the assistance of the European Commission. The analysis refers to three principle issues: international standards of supervision over migration flows from and into Armenia and the harmony of border control, labour migration and data gathering, protection, and monitoring. Irrespective of the fact that the necessity of conducting such research was attached importance during the meeting, it was also mentioned that it has a number of flaws. The authors of the research, in particular, did not take into account the expediency of the application of the experience of other countries in Armenia when they introduced them. Gagik Yeganian, the Acting Head of the Migration Agency of the Ministry of Territorial Administration of the Republic of Armenia, mentioned that it is necessary to conduct a united state policy in order to regulate the issue of migration. According to him, it should include both labour migration and the work done with foreigners arriving in Armenia. Gagik Yeganian declared that it has already been three years since positive migration balances were recorded in the Republic of Armenia: thus, the number of those, who arrived in Armenia last year was 22 thousand and 5 hundred more than that of those who left the republic. In addition to this, the volume of passenger transportation is increasing by 20 to 25% year after year.

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