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 Gagik
Yeganyan
Mr.Gagik
Yeganyan was born on June 2, 1956 in Arackel village of Hadrut region,
Mountainous Karabakh. He is an economist-mathematician. Since 1981 he
holds a degree of a candidate of economics.
In
1981-1983 he lectured at the Yerevan Institute of National Economy.
From 1983 to 1990 he worked in the Council of Ministers of the Armenian
Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1990-1991 he held the post of a Deputy
Minister of the Ministry of Social Security of the Armenian Soviet Socialist
Republic, from 1991-1998 he was the first Deputy Minister of the Social
Security Ministry of the RA and in 1998-1999 he was promoted to the
post of the Minister of the Social Security of the RA.
Since
1999 Mr. Yeganyan was at the head of the State Department for Migration
and Refugees by the Government of Armenia. Currently, he is the head
of the Migration Agency of the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration.
In April 2006 he was elected as Deputy Chair of the European Committee
on Migration of the Council of Europe (CDMG).
He
is married and has two sons.
Dear
visitor
The collapse of the USSR
and the formation of new states were accompanied by the unprecedented
migration movements. In our country this phenomenon has reached to exclusively
large volume in view of the complexity of "natural" factors
influencing the process, the policy of ethnic cleansing carried out
by Azerbaijan and the war unleashed by the latter as well as the devastating
earthquake of 1988. During these years about 420 000 saved by a miracle
refugees and 72 000 internally displaced persons, left without shelter
as a result of bombing of the bordering territories, took refuge in
Armenia. About 200 000 victims of a tragic Spitak earthquake were evacuated
from Armenia.
From the first
day of its independence the Republic was confronted with a pile of the
social problems of more than a million people left without shelter.
Later, as the result of socio-economic realities, the mass emigration
emerged. According to the different assessments, the number of population
left Armenia since 1992 fluctuates from 900 000 to 1 000 000. Large-scale
emigration with its negative consequences upon all aspects of the social
life made the regulation of this phenomenon the issue of primary importance
for the State. Therefore, it was not a mere accident, that the State
Department for Migration and Refugees, executive body having mission
to deal comprehensively with migration issues, was established in 1999
by the Governmental Decree. The establishment of such a department reflected
the attitude of the State to address the problems as regards to population
movements and post-conflict groups, which overgrew from "emergent",
"antifiring" activities dictated by specific situations into
a comprehensive, consistent policy. The policy is aimed at harmonizing
to the maximum the interests of the State, separate groups of society
and individuals engaged in migration flows with safeguards at place
to insure the protection of human rights prescribed under the international
documents. In the result of structural reforms within the RA Government
in 2005, the Department was included in the RA Ministry of Territorial
Administration as Migration Agency. The scope of the Agency’s
activities along with the problems of refugees, asylum seekers and internally
displaced persons, which are known to the public, involves overseas
labour migration, resettlement and various other issues. Emphasizing
the issue of keeping population informed about the state policy targeted
towards this issue of national significance as well as assessments,
observations and proposals of the public on the development and efficient
implementation of this policy, dear visitor, I would like to draw Your
attention to the website describing the activities of our Agency.
I hope that the
website would help to evaluate precisely the current situation and contribute
its modest share in the realization of our national dream to see Armenians
spread worldwide united in their homeland.
Welcome
to our website.
Respectfully yours,
Chief of the
Migration Agency of the Ministry of the
Territorial Administration
of the RA 
Gagik Yeganyan
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