1.5 MILLION POPULATION LEFT AZERBAIJAN RECENTLYFebruary 15, 2002 - 22:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to the data of the International Migration Organization, 272 thousand people legally migrated from Azerbaijan in the years 1991-1997. At the same time, as Baku "Turan" agency reports, according to other sources, the number of the people, who had migrated form Azerbaijan in this period makes 1.5 million. They left the country predominantly for Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Germany, Israel and Holland. According to the information, 4 thousand Azeris applied to the Western European countries to take refuge. Belgium and Holland received the most amounts of such appeals. According to the information of the International Migration Organization, the problem of shaded migration, when people leave their country and live abroad illegally, becomes urgent. The problem of migration of women, the number of which is increasing, is becoming topical lately. The existing economic problems are the reasons that underlie this process. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. |