2 FOREIGN CITIZENS GET STATUS OF REFUGEES IN ARMENIA IN
JANUARY-OCTOBER, 2006
20-11-2006 17:12:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. The Department on Asking
Refuge of the Migration Agency of the staff of the RA Ministry
of Territorial Administration got in January-October of 2006 529
applications from foreign citizens, including 512 ones for
temporary refuge, and 16 ones for getting status of refugees. As
the Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Ruzanna Petrosian,
the Deputy Chief of the department, 269 people from those asking
for temporary refuge were citizens of Lebanon, 176 were from
Iraq, 67 were citizens of Israel. All the applicants for getting
temporary refuge, who are in Armenia, got the right of refuge
for 1 year term.
2 people, from Turkey and Iran, were given status of
refugees. R.Petrosian mentioned that rest of applications are
still at the age of discussion.