FOUR FOREIGN CITIZENS RECEIVE STATUS OF REFUGEES IN 2006 IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2006, 645 foreign citizens
submitted applications to RA Territorial Government Ministry Staff’s
Migration Agency’s Department of Refuge Seekers. 623 out of the
applications were submitted for receiving temporary refuge, 22 for
receiving status of refugees. As agency head Gagik Yeganian said at
the January 31 press conference, four persons were given status of
refugees. 275 out of those seeking for temporary refuge are citizens
of Iraq, 279 Lebanon, 69 Israel. It was mentioned that all applicants
seeking for temporary refuge and being in Armenia are given right of
refuge for one year.
In G.Yeganian’s words, the number of people seeking for refuge almost
doubled in 2006 as compared with the previous year.