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GERMANY DENIES POLITICAL ASYLUM TO OVER 6,000 AZERIS - ENVOY
Turan News Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 8 2006
Baku, 8 December: Germany has turned down requests for political
asylum filed by 6,500 Azerbaijani citizens, German ambassador to
Azerbaijan Peer Stanchina has told reporters.
This is a very large number for a small country like Azerbaijan,
the ambassador added. An analysis of the situation has shown that
many of the applicants were of Armenian origin.
It costs German municipalities a lot of money to provide housing and
material aid to those people. It costs Germany 30m-40m euros a year.
"We have started talks with Azerbaijan's government on the return
of those people to Azerbaijan," the ambassador said. He added that
there were also members of political parties among those applying
for political asylum.
Turan News Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 8 2006
Baku, 8 December: Germany has turned down requests for political
asylum filed by 6,500 Azerbaijani citizens, German ambassador to
Azerbaijan Peer Stanchina has told reporters.
This is a very large number for a small country like Azerbaijan,
the ambassador added. An analysis of the situation has shown that
many of the applicants were of Armenian origin.
It costs German municipalities a lot of money to provide housing and
material aid to those people. It costs Germany 30m-40m euros a year.
"We have started talks with Azerbaijan's government on the return
of those people to Azerbaijan," the ambassador said. He added that
there were also members of political parties among those applying
for political asylum.