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    ARMENIAN SYRIANS SEEKING SAFETY IN ARMENIA

    Xinhua General News Service
    June 28, 2012 Thursday 10:55 AM EST
    China

    The Armenian community in Syria had been hit hard by the country's
    16-month crisis, with many seeking refuge in Armenia, a local police
    official said.

    Hovhannes Kocharyan, head of the Passport and Visa Department of the
    Armenian Police, told Armenpress on Thursday that 14,277 applications
    for Armenian citizenship, permanent, temporary or special residence
    status were received in 2011, 2,983 of which were Armenian Syrians
    and that level had almost been reached in only the first five months
    of this year.

    "This year's January-May number of applicants from Syria is 2,699,"
    he said.

    Up until June 21, 16 Syrian citizens have been given permanent
    residence status, 30 temporary status and 47 have been given special
    status.

    More than 10,000 people have been killed during the Syrian crisis
    and the Armenian Syrian community, which has nearly 100,000 members,
    has been among those to suffer, with six being killed, including four
    soldiers who were soldiers with the Syrian Army.

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