YEREVAN. – A total of 57,320 people left and did not return to Armenia in the first four months of 2012, Haykakan Zhamanak daily writes.  

“This number is publicized by the State Migration Service of the Territorial Administration Ministry.

[A total of] 47,610 people had left and not returned to Armenia in the same time period last year. That is, the indicator rose by more than twenty percent as compared with the year past.     

The number of those who left and did not return comprised 29,222 in April alone. It is apparent that this indicator will further rise in line with the data of May,” Haykakan Zhamanak writes.