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    POLICE VIOLATED ARMENIA'S LAW "ON LANGUAGE" - OMBUDSMAN

    news.am
    March 30, 2012 | 10:57

    YEREVAN. - Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan has issued an evaluation
    of the Ministry of Territorial Administration activities for 2011.

    The assessment is as follows:

    Shortcomings and problems identified

    Although the Ministry of Territorial Administration (MTA) in order
    to provide housing to refugees expelled from Azerbaijan in 2011
    presented financial application from the state budget for the total
    of 4 billion AMD, this year the application was not confirmed as in
    previous years, and one of the most serious issues of refugees, i.e.,
    the housing issue, has not been solved yet.

    Conditions of refugees living especially in remote villages continues
    to be difficult where the most part of persons deported from Azerbaijan
    still live in to stay in especially difficult situation of the refugees
    living in remote villages, where most of the persons deported from
    Azerbaijan, still live in dilapidated buildings, rental apartments
    or relatives.

    Based on the corresponding information of the MTA State Migration
    Agency the term of the conventional travelling document has not
    been prolonged by the Visa and Passport Department of the RA Police
    for those refugees towards whom the process of discontinuation or
    invalidation of the status has been launched and the decision of the
    authorized body is the stage of appeal, despite of the fact that this
    guarantee is enshrined in the RA Law "On Refugees and Asylum".

    In the conventional traveling documents of refugees details of
    the person are written in English only by the Visa and Passport
    Department of the RA Police ignoring the RA law "On Language" and
    the corresponding decision of the RA Government.

    The provided donations were not sufficient for comprehensive
    development of communities.

    Heads of village communities often declined persons' request for
    necessary information reasoning the decline by non-payment of land
    or other taxes; transparency and publicity of local self-government
    bodies activities are violated, requirements for reception of citizens.

    In spite of the administrative control that was carried out,
    various violations of the RA legislation were found out in
    communities; supervision performed by regional governors has not been
    satisfactorily assessed by interviewed specialists and representatives
    of non-governmental organizations.

    Positive Developments

    On January 13, 2011 the RA Government positively assessed the concept
    on RA State Migration Regulation Policy, which defines 14 directions
    of State Migration Regulation Policy and mechanisms to achieve the
    identified goals.

    On November 10, 2011 the RA Government approved the 2012-2013 Action
    Plan for the implementation of the State Migration Regulation Policy.

    The process of privatization of housing of the persons who were
    deported from Azerbaijan from 1988-1992 and got Armenian citizenship
    was ensured.




    From: A. Papazian
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