Authorities of the French Auch refused to grant work permission and status of political refugee to an Armenian family who are forced to spend night in the car, Sud Ouest newspaper writes.

Three-year-old Ylena, her 2-year-old brother Arthur, and their parents Ruzanna and Avetis Markosyan are spending nights in car, as their request for asylum was rejected in France.

The Markosyans arrived in France in July 2011 when Ruzanna was pregnant. And she gave birth on the same day, when she entered the French soil. So, little Arthur is French, but his elder sister and parents lead a long, hard struggle to get the right to stay and to be granted a status of political refugees.

Ruzanna managed to find job of a nurse, but Auch prefecture did not give her permission to work. Deprived of the opportunity to work and get paid, Ruzanna and two children cannot be accommodated in shelters, not to mention the rental apartment.

The Armenian family was refused by the National Commission on the Rights of refugees after the first failure on the part of the French office on protection of refugees and stateless persons.

The secretary general of local administration promised they would receive the family to discuss the situation, adding that deportation is not on the agenda.