The first seven months of 2012 saw an increased number of people leaving Armenia permanently, the paper has learned.

Citing the latest records of the Territorial Administration Ministry’s State Migration Service, it says some 83,760 individuals, who departed from the country by different means of transport from January to July, never returned. The figure is said to be 6.5% higher compared to the same period 2011. The paper adds that in July alone, 10,000 people left Armenia forever.

It says further that the Migration Service has asked for the Government’s funding to launch studies aimed at finding out the real migration rates.