19 ARMENIAN FAMILIES REPATRIATE FROM SWITZERLAND SINCE 2004

Armenpress
Dec 26 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS: Nineteen Armenian families have
repatriated from Switzerland since 2004 after Armenia and this country
signed a readmission agreement.

Hambardzum Abrahamian, a chief specialist of a government-affiliated
department for migration and refugees, said a special re-integration
program was developed for them. Under the program they are provided
with various assistance, jobs, education for children and those who
want to start a business are given a $4,000 loan.

Armenia has signed readmission agreements with Latvia, Lithuania,
Denmark and Switzerland and is negotiating readmission agreements
with Benelux countries, Germany, Norway, the Czech Republic, Sweden,
Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Russia.