THE REFUGEES HAVE APARTMENT PROBLEMS TODAY

Aysor
Feb 26 2010
Armenia

Gagik Yeganyan, the head of the department of refugees and migration of
the Ministry of Territorial Governance, presented the actual problems
of the Armenian refugees that have been displaced form Azerbaijan.

>From the many problems that the refugees had G. Yeganyan separated
the problem of apartment which is very serious problem.

The speaker mentioned that regardless the fact that Armenia has
such problem also for its own citizens the government took the
responsibility to support the refugees with a shelter. By a program
affirmed in 2004 around 3470 families were to receive apartments
and since 2005 corresponding measures were undertaken for the
implementation of the project since 2005.

"This year because of the financial – economic crises there are no
finances in the budget for the project. Last year they had provided
with 815 million AMD, in 2008 was the same situation", – informed
the head of the department of refugees and migration.

He also informed that last year around 1000 families received
certificates 700 of them have managed to realize those certificates and
receive an apartment or a house. 300 families has had no opportunity
to realize them because of different reasons.