YEREVAN. – A total of 3,248 citizens of Syria have applied for Rep. of Armenia citizenship in the first six months of the current year. Furthermore, 2,957 of them have applied to Armenia’s MFA and 291, to the Police Passport and Visa Department.       

And 99 percent of these applicants are Syrian Armenians, Pastinfo News Agency informs.

To note, a decision was reached, during Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, whereby the procedure for issuing entrance visas to Syrian Armenians was facilitated. Now, these Armenians can be issued visas to Armenia not solely by the country’s diplomatic representations in Syria, but, also, at Armenia’s border.  

Separately, the Asylum Affairs Division of the Ministry of Territorial Administration’s State Migration Service (SMS) informed that, ever since the beginning of the year until Thursday, 37 members of 18 Syrian-Armenian families have applied for a refugee status in Armenia, and all applications were approved.  

According to the same source, some Syrian Armenians prefer to live with their friends and relatives in Armenia, and the SMS has approved all applications for housing.