YEREVAN. – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan believes that migration in Armenia became vivid, continuous and seasonal during the last ten years. People usually leave on Jan-May, and return in summer, while in Sept they leave and arrive at the end of the year.

“The main factor that concerns us is the negative difference between departures and arrivals of the citizens, as more people leave then return. About 57,000 people did not return Armenia in 2000, the number was 60,000 in 2001. However, positive trend was registered in 2004-2006. As a result, 23,000-29,000 people did not return Armenia during the last years,” president said.

The only means to eliminate the negative migration is struggling against the phenomena which force people to emigrate the state, he added.