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    AZG Armenian Daily #176, 01/10/2005

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    LAW ON REPATRIATION?

    "Yerkir" NGO sent a letter to Tigran Torosian and Vahan Hovhannisian, deputy
    chairmen of the Armenian Parliament, as well as to a number of political
    parties and factions proposing to pass a law on repatriation. The NGO
    presents its views on national policy of repatriation and how it should be
    implemented. It believes that current constitutional reforms are a unique
    opportunity for documenting the importance of repatriation. The NGO suggests
    passing a law on repatriation before the constitutional referendum that will
    specify the status of a repatriate, his/her privileges as well as setting an
    order for a state program on repatriation. The needs highlight the following
    basics: it is the state that should organize repatriation, giving right to
    every Armenian to be repatriated and recognize him/her citizen of Armenia
    without prerequisite once they return.

    The NGO suggests elaborating and adopting a state program on "repatriation
    and settlement" that will ascertain arrangements for adaptation and
    integration, social rights protection and for providing favorable conditions
    and freedom of activity in the early stage of repatriation.

    The NGO thinks that the Armenians of Diaspora will be ready to repatriate
    only in case of carrying out these arrangements. Approach to all groups of
    repatriates should be differentiated. The traditional Diaspora that was
    formed as a result of the Armenian Genocide also needs to be distinguished
    from the "new Diaspora" formed after the collapse of the USSR.

    The letter also points out to the negative consequences of immigration of
    the last year and a half that will be noticeable in the coming decade. The
    NGO alarms about reduction of the male population of the country which
    resulted in decrease of married couples, aging of the society, decline of
    birth rate, migration within the country etc. "Yerkir" NGO does not think
    there are sufficient measures to stop further flow of immigrants and undo
    the damage caused by immigration.

    By Ruzan Poghosian
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