According to statistical data, published by the General Department of Civil Aviation at the RA Government, during the first 8 months of 2010, the number of passengers permanently leaving Armenia from the Zvartnots and Shirak airports made 61.000. The Haykakan Zhamanak daily reports, 574.000 passengers departed and 513.000 arrived in Armenia. According to the Armenian National Statistic Service, the rate of migration made 48.000 in 2008 and 2009.

According to the daily, before the March 1 events the rate of migration in Armenia comprised 3.000 “According to” reliable sources, the Armenian leadership was informed, a new wave of migration has started since 2008.  This wave was relatively called “a third wave”, as the migrants are mainly from privileged families,” the daily reads.