"ESTIMATION OF MIGRATION LEGISLATION" RESEARCH IMPLEMENTED
WITH ASSISTANCE OF OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE
04-07-2007 20:05:00 | Armenia | Social
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.