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SOME 220,000 ARMENIAN LABOR MIGRANTS WILL HAVE TO RETURN HOME BECAUSE OF NEW RUSSIAN IMMIGRATION LAW
YEREVAN, March 3. / ARKA /. Some 220,000 Armenian citizens will have
to return home because of a new Russian immigration law that came
into force from January 1, a demographer Ruben Yeganyan told a news
conference today.
Under the new law, migrants in Russia, including from Armenia, can
remain in the territory of the Russian Federation for only 90 days
within every 180 days.
Yeganyan said to the best of his knowledge, some 50,0000 Armenian
citizens have been banned already from entering Russia in the next
3-5 years. Besides, another 170,000 citizens of Armenia have violated
the immigration laws of Russia also facing a ban on entry into Russia.
Yeganyan said the vast majority of these persons are labor migrants
who will join the local army of jobless people once they return home.
He said while these migrants worked in Russia, members of their
families continued to live in Armenia. When back home they will have
no other choice but to leave with their families for other countries
for permanent residence that would further exacerbate the demographic
situation in Armenia.
According to him, a most likely solution to this problem is to grant
Armenian labor migrants in Russia some privileges. -0-
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YEREVAN, March 3. / ARKA /. Some 220,000 Armenian citizens will have
to return home because of a new Russian immigration law that came
into force from January 1, a demographer Ruben Yeganyan told a news
conference today.
Under the new law, migrants in Russia, including from Armenia, can
remain in the territory of the Russian Federation for only 90 days
within every 180 days.
Yeganyan said to the best of his knowledge, some 50,0000 Armenian
citizens have been banned already from entering Russia in the next
3-5 years. Besides, another 170,000 citizens of Armenia have violated
the immigration laws of Russia also facing a ban on entry into Russia.
Yeganyan said the vast majority of these persons are labor migrants
who will join the local army of jobless people once they return home.
He said while these migrants worked in Russia, members of their
families continued to live in Armenia. When back home they will have
no other choice but to leave with their families for other countries
for permanent residence that would further exacerbate the demographic
situation in Armenia.
According to him, a most likely solution to this problem is to grant
Armenian labor migrants in Russia some privileges. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/society/some_220_000_armenian_labor_migrants_will_have_to_ return_home_because_of_new_russian_immigration_law/#sthash.wgaDWeHv.dpuf