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• Academician Mihails Hazans: 30,000 residents will emigrate from Latvia during 2009

According to an academician Mihails Hazans who recently conducted a study “EU Labour Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration”, 4,400 of Latvian residents emigrated from Latvia to the Great Britain during the first quarter of 2009 and 2,500 of Latvian residents immigrated to Ireland during eight months of 2009. Mr. Hazans also predicts that in total, around 30,000 people might emigrate from Latvia during 2009 due to economic crisis.

According to an academician Mihails Hazans who recently conducted a study EU Labour Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration, 4,400 of Latvian residents emigrated from Latvia to the Great Britain during the first quarter of 2009 and 2,500 of Latvian residents immigrated to Ireland during eight months of 2009. Mr. Hazans also predicts that in total, around 30,000 people might emigrate from Latvia during 2009 due to economic crisis. Telegraf