ArmInfo.Ara Babloyan, Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, spoke on the topic "Strengthening the general regime for migrants and refugees: the need for factual effective political decisions" at the 138th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
In his speech, Babloyan, in particular, stressed that the Armenian people are well aware of the consequences of xenophobic politics. "At the beginning of the last century, millions of Armenians left their homeland and found shelter in various countries of the world, escaping from the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire." Today, due to the situation in the Middle East, more than 20,000 Armenians were forced to emigrate from Syria and seek refuge in Armenia the country in proportion to the population is the third in Europe among the Syrian refugees who have adopted the Armenian government has taken many measures to ensure the life and integration of Syrian refugees for a country as small as a country like Armenia, which at the end of the 20th century accepted hundreds of thousands of refugees from Azerbaijan, where Armenians were subjected to ethnic cleansing. "
He stressed that it is necessary to provide long-term solutions aimed at developing vulnerable regions, as well as strengthening the status of migrants and refugees. A well-designed and developed policy will facilitate the integration of migrants into host societies. "Armenia, being a part of the civilized community, pledges to continue to promote the establishment of universal values, ensuring stability and security in the world," the Armenian speaker said.