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ARMENIA WELCOMES IMMIGRATING COMPATRIOTS: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL DWELLED ON SYRIAN ARMENIAN ISSUES
12:03, 5 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Syria's war, which has already sparked
refugee crises just across its border in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon,
is also bringing strains to Armenia, a Christian country hundreds
of miles away. As Armenpress reports citing The Wall Street Journal
the article starts "Roughly 100,000 Armenians call Syria home. In the
course of the last months over 6000 have already returned to Armenia,
yet their number is scheduled to increase in the near future".
The Wall Street Journal quotes Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan.
"We have said all Armenians are welcome, but our country is not in
the best economic situation, these people need jobs and they need
income".The Journal reports, Armenia has offered returning Armenians
visas upon arrival, recognized Syrian driver's licenses and expedited
applications for Armenian passports as part of a dual-citizenship law.
Two state elementary schools in the capital, Yerevan, are offering
classes where Syrian-Armenian children follow the Syrian curriculum.
Many new arrivals are staying with relatives in Yerevan. Others have
sought shelter in state accommodation.
Syrian opposition stance the aggression is unilateral is not backed in
Yerevan. Armenian refugees raise their voices in support of the defense
of Damascus,The Wall Street Journal writes. The Journal highlights,
Syrian Armenian community was formed in Ottoman Empire in 1915,
resulted by 1915 Armenian Genocide.
From: A. Papazian
12:03, 5 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Syria's war, which has already sparked
refugee crises just across its border in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon,
is also bringing strains to Armenia, a Christian country hundreds
of miles away. As Armenpress reports citing The Wall Street Journal
the article starts "Roughly 100,000 Armenians call Syria home. In the
course of the last months over 6000 have already returned to Armenia,
yet their number is scheduled to increase in the near future".
The Wall Street Journal quotes Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan.
"We have said all Armenians are welcome, but our country is not in
the best economic situation, these people need jobs and they need
income".The Journal reports, Armenia has offered returning Armenians
visas upon arrival, recognized Syrian driver's licenses and expedited
applications for Armenian passports as part of a dual-citizenship law.
Two state elementary schools in the capital, Yerevan, are offering
classes where Syrian-Armenian children follow the Syrian curriculum.
Many new arrivals are staying with relatives in Yerevan. Others have
sought shelter in state accommodation.
Syrian opposition stance the aggression is unilateral is not backed in
Yerevan. Armenian refugees raise their voices in support of the defense
of Damascus,The Wall Street Journal writes. The Journal highlights,
Syrian Armenian community was formed in Ottoman Empire in 1915,
resulted by 1915 Armenian Genocide.
From: A. Papazian