YEREVAN SIMPLIFIES GRANTING OF CITIZENSHIP TO ARMENIANS IN SYRIA
Vestnik Kavkaza
July 23 2012
Russia
Armenia is developing simpler procedures for granting citizenship to
compatriots living in Syria and issuing of visas, the head of the
coordinating working group of the Ministry for Diasporas, Firdus
Zakaryan, said, News Armenia reports.
Only about a dozen Syrian Armenians have contacted the ministry to
move to Armenia. Clerics and community leaders say that there is no
emigration from Syria.
Over 100 Armenians have contacted the ministry. Only a third of them
complained about housing problems. The State Migration Service of
the Ministry for Territorial Administration was informed about them,
Zakaryan explains.
The Armenian government had talks on their employment on Thursday. It
decided to form a working group to solve the labour problem of Syrian
Armenians willing to return to Armenia.
Vestnik Kavkaza
July 23 2012
Russia
Armenia is developing simpler procedures for granting citizenship to
compatriots living in Syria and issuing of visas, the head of the
coordinating working group of the Ministry for Diasporas, Firdus
Zakaryan, said, News Armenia reports.
Only about a dozen Syrian Armenians have contacted the ministry to
move to Armenia. Clerics and community leaders say that there is no
emigration from Syria.
Over 100 Armenians have contacted the ministry. Only a third of them
complained about housing problems. The State Migration Service of
the Ministry for Territorial Administration was informed about them,
Zakaryan explains.
The Armenian government had talks on their employment on Thursday. It
decided to form a working group to solve the labour problem of Syrian
Armenians willing to return to Armenia.