The emigration problem has lately been intensely discussed in Armenia, writes the Hayots Ashkharh (Armenian World) newspaper.

Even government agencies do not deny the fact. However, the figures are often inflated for political purposes. The inaccuracies in statistical data aroused suspicion. The Armenian President ordered the problem to be thoroughly studied.

The statistical data included even the crews of Armenian Airlines and Air Armenia (217 people) that allegedly left the country. They carried out about 27,000 flights.

Also, Armenian citizens cold not actually leave the country because of inaccuracies in their documents. However, their names were not removed from the emigration lists. About 17,000 Armenian citizens that did not actually leave the country were registered as emigrants in the database.

People having dual citizenship, with most of the living abroad, were included in the database as well.

Summing up, the newspaper writes that the inaccuracies resulted in inflated emigration figures in the database. However, 31,000 Armenian citizens actually left the country.