ArmInfo. Thanks to temporary protection status, persons forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh will be able to have a higher degree of protection both on the territory of the Republic of Armenia and abroad. Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Arpine Sargsyan stated at a briefing on October 27.
According to her, due to the status of temporary protection, according to the law of the Republic of Armenia "On Refugees and Asylum", displaced persons are actually recognized as refugees and benefit from all international convention mechanisms. "In fact, they are under international protection both on the territory of the Republic of Armenia and outside the territory of the Republic of Armenia," Arpine Sargsyan noted, adding that the status will be granted for a period of one year, and the possibility of extension is also planned.
"The government decision also clarifies who is granted this status. The decision identifies three groups of persons. The first group includes those persons who are currently registered in the population register of Nagorno-Karabakh. The second group of persons are those who, although not has registrations, but their last registration address was Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as those persons who were not registered in the population register of Nagorno-Karabakh, but as a result of forced relocation were registered in the database maintained by the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The exception is for persons who have citizenship of another country," said the Deputy Minister. Arpine Sargsyan noted that the status is assigned automatically and no action is required to obtain it. She added that in the near future forcibly displaced persons will have the opportunity to register in the state register of the population of the Republic Armenia.
The Deputy Minister added that the government, as part of its decision, has established two types of identification documents, one of which is the blue passport of the Republic of Armenia, and the second is a certificate certifying the status of temporary protection. Arpine Sargsyan also touched upon problems related to registering vehicles, signing sales contracts, changing a driver's license or obtaining a new one, and explained that due to the clarification of their status, forcibly displaced persons will be able to carry out various legal transactions. She noted that there are about 21 thousand such vehicles, and all of them must be brought into the legal field so that road safety can be ensured. The Deputy Minister also reported that a corresponding decision had been made, according to which the decisions taken between September 21 and October 25 to apply administrative liability against drivers of vehicles belonging to internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh were cancelled.
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