Demographer: Whether or not there will be migration depends on the  government of Armenia

ArmInfo.Whether or not there will be migration from Armenia today mainly depends on the government. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by an expert of the Armenian Institute of International and Security Affairs, demographer Artak  Markosyan.

"I do not see any exaggeration in this statement. The prospects of  migration from our country primarily depend on the degree of success  of the work of the new parliament and the government formed on its  basis.  The composition of this government. It is important to  understand in what directions, on what reforms the new government  will focus and how all this will affect the prospects for the  socio-economic development of our country, "he stressed.

According to the demographer, preventing the migration of the  Armenian population requires immediate radical reforms in almost all  fields of public life. Including health care, economy, social,  judicial and legal sectors. 

In Markosyan's opinion, the coming year will be decisive in this  regard. Because it is during this period that society realizes the  degree of readiness and determination of the authorities to solve the  problems facing the country. First of all, security problems derived  from the results of last year's war.

Noting the absence of mass migration from Armenia even following the  results of last year's war, the demographer expressed bewilderment at  the threats that sound like "I will sell a house and leave for  Russia" from certain, as a rule, well-to-do layers of society. 

"In my opinion, our country does not begin and end with the results  of elections. It is also not determined by likes or dislikes in  relation to the authorities or this or that political camp," he  stressed.  

"I can say that today a certain number of labor migrants have left  Armenia. Actually, it is precisely the absence of a considerable part  of the male, able-bodied population that determines the rather low  turnout in the past elections. 

In general, the demographic and migration situation in our country  needs a professional, deep study with subsequent analysis. Now,  together with the UN Population Fund, we are preparing to conduct  just such a study of the post-war period in Armenia. After that I  will present concrete figures regarding demographic and migration  trends in our country, "concluded Markosyan.  

On Sunday, the CEC summed up the official results of the early  parliamentary elections in Armenia. Nikol Pashinyan's party "Civil  Contract" gained 53.91%, Robert Kocharian's "Hayastan" bloc - 21.04%  of the vote. The third force in parliament was the "I Have the Honor"  bloc with 5.23% of the vote. Of the registered 2 million 595,512  voters, 49.39% of voters voted. Thus, the Civil Contract will be  represented in the parliament of the 8th convocation with 71  mandates, the "Armenia" and "I Have Honor" blocs with 29 and 7  mandates, respectively.