2 FOREIGN CITIZENS GET STATUS OF REFUGEES IN ARMENIA IN JANUARY-OCTOBER, 2006

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Nov 20 2006

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.