50% of Armenia’s population ready to emigrate if opportunity occurs

In order to solve the problems facing Armenia, it is necessary to develop constructive programs, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) parliamentary faction member Artsvik Minasian said at a meeting with journalists today.

“As an oppositionist, I criticize government programs, but I would not like to see in government circles such people who consciously devastate the country,” Minasian noted, stressing the need to join efforts for dealing with the current problems in the country.

Touching upon emigration problems, Chairwoman of Araza NGO Tamara Abrahamian considered it important to set up a working group that will seek ways of overcoming the emigration problems.

“We should have a clear-cut roadmap to combat emigration, otherwise the programs will remain on paper,” she said.

For his part, Director of the Institute for Political and Sociological Consulting (IPSC) Samvel Manukian said it will be impossible to stop migration if the economy remains at the same level. “The Armenian economy today is unable to create as many jobs as needed,” Manukian said.

In his words, sociological surveys show that 50% of Armenia’s population is ready to emigrate from the country if an opportunity occurs, which is quite an alarming figure.