Wednesday, August 9 2023 12:18

ArmInfo. In the first half of 2023, 303,225 citizens of the Republic of Armenia (27% of the total  number of migrants) returned to Armenia from abroad, and their number  has been significantly increasing for the second year in a row: in  2022 by 56% and now by 42%. At the same time, during the reporting  period, 319,442 citizens of the Republic of Armenia (29.1% of the  total number of migrants) left the country, with an annual increase  of 25% (against an increase of 19.1% in the same period in 2022).

As a result, the negative balance of migration in the first half of  2023 amounted to 16,217 people, decreasing by 61.2% year-on-year,  which was observed in the same period of 2022, when this figure  decreased by 46%.

In general, during the reporting period, 1,126,518 people arrived in  Armenia from abroad, and 1,096,354 people left, and the annual growth  in both cases turned out to be almost the same - 72.5% and 72.1%,  respectively, while in the same period In 2022, the growth in the  number of arrivals was much higher than the growth in the number  those who left - 93.3% against 68%. As a result, the balance of  migration consolidated in the first half of 2023 at a positive level  of 30,164 people, having jumped by 87.6% year-on- year, after  reaching a positive level in 2022 (16,079 people) from a negative  level in 2021. (41 318 people).

According to the data of the Passport and Visa Center of the RA  Police, a total of 17,504 people were registered during the reporting  period, which is 2 times higher than last year (against an annual  decline of 3% a year earlier). These were mainly citizens from the  Russian Federation, Georgia, Artsakh, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, the USA  and Ukraine. Deregistered 20 186 people. (with an annual growth of  1.8 times, against a meager 0.3% growth a year earlier), of which the  overwhelming majority are citizens of Russia, Artsakh, Georgia,  France, the USA, and Germany. And despite the fact that in both cases  the majority are citizens of the Russian Federation, nevertheless,  there are 3.4 times more registered among them than those  deregistered. The number of registered citizens of Georgia, Iran,  Syria, Lebanon and Artsakh also significantly prevails, and among the  citizens of the United States, France and Germany, there are more of  those who are deregistered.

In addition, according to statistical data, in the first half of the  year, 11,092 foreign citizens received residence permits in Armenia,  of which 5,507 had a temporary status, and accordingly 5,585 had a  permanent status. The total number of foreign citizens who received a  residence permit in Armenia increased by 3 times in annual terms, and  more significantly - 4 times - the number of those who received a  permanent status increased, and slightly less significantly - by 2.4  times - the number of those who received a temporary status  increased. Among those who received a residence permit in Armenia,  the vast majority are citizens of the Russian Federation - 8,476  people. (4,308 - temporary status, 4,168 - permanent status),  followed by citizens of India - 715 people. (382 - temporary), Iran -  677 people. (334 - temporary), Belarus - 169 people. (73 -  temporary), and from Ukraine - 93 people. (including 48 people with  temporary status).  For tourism purposes, 1,002,878 tourists visited  Armenia in the first half of 2023, and their number has been  significantly increasing for the second year in a row: after last  year's jump by 2.4 times, now the growth is 70.3%.