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KHATCHIK KACHATRYANON: ANOTHER STUDENT DEPORTED BY FRANCE
France 24
Oct 17 2013
Khatchik Kachatryanon, age 19, is the second student to have been
expelled from France in the last few weeks. He is currently in Armenia,
where he will have to complete two years of mandatory military service
- or face prison time. By FRANCE 24 (text) Khatchik Kachatryanon,
a 19-year-old high school student from Armenia, was expelled from
France on October 12 following three weeks in a detention centre for
undocumented immigrants.
A student at a pre-professional school in Paris's 18th district,
Kachatryanon arrived in France in 2011 with his mother, sister and
father. Their requests for political asylum were rejected in March
2012, a decision that was upheld in January 2013 after the family
filed an appeal.
Kachatryanon was arrested on September 19 for shoplifting in a mall
in central Paris. Without any valid ID, he was sent to a detention
centre outside the city.
After his deportation to Armenia, the young man was placed under
house arrest in his native village for having skipped his mandatory
military service, according to RESF (Network for Education Without
Borders), a French organisation dedicated to defending the rights of
immigrant children.
Released on October 15, he will now have to complete two years of
military service starting in early November - or face three to five
years in prison.
Kachatryanon's family is still in France.
http://www.france24.com/en/20131017-khatchik-kachatryanon-another-student-deported-france
France 24
Oct 17 2013
Khatchik Kachatryanon, age 19, is the second student to have been
expelled from France in the last few weeks. He is currently in Armenia,
where he will have to complete two years of mandatory military service
- or face prison time. By FRANCE 24 (text) Khatchik Kachatryanon,
a 19-year-old high school student from Armenia, was expelled from
France on October 12 following three weeks in a detention centre for
undocumented immigrants.
A student at a pre-professional school in Paris's 18th district,
Kachatryanon arrived in France in 2011 with his mother, sister and
father. Their requests for political asylum were rejected in March
2012, a decision that was upheld in January 2013 after the family
filed an appeal.
Kachatryanon was arrested on September 19 for shoplifting in a mall
in central Paris. Without any valid ID, he was sent to a detention
centre outside the city.
After his deportation to Armenia, the young man was placed under
house arrest in his native village for having skipped his mandatory
military service, according to RESF (Network for Education Without
Borders), a French organisation dedicated to defending the rights of
immigrant children.
Released on October 15, he will now have to complete two years of
military service starting in early November - or face three to five
years in prison.
Kachatryanon's family is still in France.
http://www.france24.com/en/20131017-khatchik-kachatryanon-another-student-deported-france