ArmInfo. At the initiative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees a conference on improving the quality of asylum providing systems in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus is taking place in Geneva, in which Armen Ghazaryan, the Head of the Migration Service of Armenia, takes part.
In his speech, Ghazaryan drew attention to the existing problems in this area, for example, the fact that the institute of assistance to refugees is often used by criminals to avoid punishment. <This institution is also used for desertion, terrorism. The special territorial location and political situation in the Republic of Armenia in this sense contains real threats, "said Ghazaryan. In his speech, the Head of the Migration Service of Armenia stressed that the Convention on the Status of Refugees was adopted in 1951 and must be reformed in accordance with modern challenges. "It is necessary to ensure that the protection of refugees has a real character, and would not become a loophole for abuse and evasion of punishment by marginal circles, would not become a" trade of asylum ". It is necessary to give a new impetus to this convention, which will take into account the new risks arising in today's world, "Ghazaryan concluded.