The State Migration Service of the Armenian ministry of territorial administration and development is aware of the deportation of two Armenian children, Lily (12) and Howick (13), from Netherlands, Nelly Davtyan, PR specialist at the State Migration Service told Armenpress.

According the her, Armenian State Migration Service will provide assistance to the kids with all possible integration programs if their mother doesn’t take care of them. She added that they have no contact with their mother and they even do not know whether she will be at the airport to welcome children or not.

“If their mother doesn’t take care of them, we will make the kids beneficiaries with all possible programs in partnership with international organizations. There are many organizations, and we will assist the kids with the programs of these organizations, but if the mother takes care of them, we have nothing to do in that case. If they apply for any integration program, there is no problem, we will assist even if they do not apply,”Armenpress quoted Nelly Davtyan.

As reported earlier, two Armenian children, whose mother was deported last year from Netherlands, have gone into hiding as they face imminent deportation. The children only have the right to asylum in the Netherlands if they fear they will be persecuted or endangered by the Armenian authorities and there is no question of this, the court ruled. In addition, help is available for the children when they return if their mother is unable to care for them, as has been claimed. ‘The children will not end up on the streets’, the court said.

Last year it was decided to deport Armina Hambartsjumian—the mother of Lily, and Howick, to Armenia from the migrant center, where they lived. The children were not at home when their mother was picked up and their whereabouts are unknown. She has also refused to say where they are. Armina was deported in August last year. Her children were found a week later. They came out of the hiding several days later.