BAKU: Why Armenian youngster does not want to return to his homeland

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Jan 14 2008

WHY THE ARMENIAN YOUNGSTER DOES NOT WANT TO RETURN TO HIS HOMELAND?

The `Armenian News’, a French daily newspaper funded by the Armenian
lobby, has published an article about Narek Aleksanian, an
18-year-old Armenian student at the Toulouse-Lautrec Lyceum in Albi,
France, AzerTAc special correspondent reported.

The article says Aleksanian was detained by police officers on
January 5 for allegedly having no documents, and was handed over to
the Armenian Embassy in Paris for deportation.

The Embassy, however, temporarily placed the young Armenian, who,
resolutely refused to return to Armenia, at the center for illegal
immigrants near the Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

The `Armenian News’, which by all means tries to defend the Armenian
youngster, accused local government and law-enforcement bodies of
violating his rights, and claimed that teachers and Aleksanian`s
schoolmates had stood by him.

But the newspaper concealed the true reason why Narek Aleksanian did
not want to get back to his homeland, which the Armenians – remaining
committed to their habit to lie and pretend to be a suffering nation
– are trying to describe as a `paradise’.

In fact, during interrogation at the police station, Aleksanian
pointed to Armenia’s extremely bad socio-economic situation and its
citizens` living even below the poverty level as major reasons for
why he never wants to return there again.

According to his statement, the majority of Armenian students face
huge problems in entering higher educational institutions and then in
finding jobs.

Aleksanian also said that the level of unemployment is also rapidly
increasing in his country, while more and more youth become involved
in criminal activities.

The Armenian youngster’s statement also said there is a really bad
demographic situation in Armenia as thousands of his fellow
countrymen are leaving the country due to the economic crisis.
Aleksanian said he had left Armenia with a hope to get higher
education and job.