32 FOREIGNERS ASKED ASYLUM IN ARMENIA IN 2012
news.am
June 19, 2012 | 01:46
YEREVAN. - From January 2012, 32 foreigners from 10 countries have
applied for asylum in Armenia, head of Armenia's State Migration
Service Gagik Yeganyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding that issuing
asylum lies within their responsibilities.
According to him, out of those 32 foreigners 9 were from Iraq, 3 from
Congo, 4 from Syria, 7 from Iran, 1 from Mali, 2 from the Democratic
Republic of Congo, 2 from Turkey, 2 from Iberia, 1 from Georgia and
1 from China.
"According to the law, if there is a request for asylum, we try to
find out the true reasons why they left their country, whether they
were oppressed by ethnic or political reasons, or whether they see
Armenia as a new residence," Yegayan said mentioning that if a person
is refused he may apply to courts.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
June 19, 2012 | 01:46
YEREVAN. - From January 2012, 32 foreigners from 10 countries have
applied for asylum in Armenia, head of Armenia's State Migration
Service Gagik Yeganyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding that issuing
asylum lies within their responsibilities.
According to him, out of those 32 foreigners 9 were from Iraq, 3 from
Congo, 4 from Syria, 7 from Iran, 1 from Mali, 2 from the Democratic
Republic of Congo, 2 from Turkey, 2 from Iberia, 1 from Georgia and
1 from China.
"According to the law, if there is a request for asylum, we try to
find out the true reasons why they left their country, whether they
were oppressed by ethnic or political reasons, or whether they see
Armenia as a new residence," Yegayan said mentioning that if a person
is refused he may apply to courts.
From: A. Papazian