Armenia to sign protocol on readmission agreement with Latvia and  Poland

ArmInfo. On July 1, the Armenian government approved the proposal to sign the protocol "On the implementation of the agreement between the Republic of Armenia and  the European Union on the readmission of persons living without  permission" between the government of the Republic of Armenia and the  government of the Republic of Latvia".

The parties to the agreement provide for the creation of quick  effective legal procedures based on reciprocity, for the  identification, safe and regulated return of persons who do not meet  or no longer satisfy the requirements for entry into the territory of  Armenia or one of the EU member states for stay or residence in these  countries, and facilitating the transit of such persons.

According to the justification for the document, the Republic of  Armenia signed bilateral agreements on readmission with 10 EU member  states. The agreements will make it possible to establish joint  procedures with all EU member states for the readmission of persons  without the permission of residing in the territory of the Parties. 

In general, in recent years, the number of readmission applications  received under the Agreement between the European Union and on the  readmission of persons  residing without authorisation has increased  significantly. So, if in 2012-2017, 1446 readmission claims on 2812  persons were received, then in 2018 alone, 1030 claims on 2045  persons were received, and in January-November 2019, 803 claims for  readmission of 1647 persons were received. It should be noted that no  requests for readmission have been received from the Republic of  Latvia yet.

The Cabinet of Ministers also approved the proposal to sign a  protocol "On the implementation of the agreement between the Republic  of Armenia and the European Union on the readmission of persons  living without permission" between the RA government and the Polish  government. According to the substantiation, 91 readmission claims  were received from the Republic of Poland in 2014-2019 for 130  people.