Sheltered in Armenian Catholic Center of Yerevan, 47 Syrian refugees were pleased to host the Minister of Diaspora of the RA Hranush Hakobyan in their new “home”.
There are about 7000 Syrian refugees in Armenia, who faced different problems upon arrival to their Armenian homeland. The minister, who is well aware of the situation, considerately follows up all projects that assist Syrian refugees to settle down in Armenia.

Sheltered in Armenian Catholic Center of Yerevan, 47 Syrian refugees were pleased to host the Minister of Diaspora of the RA Hranush Hakobyan in their new “home”.
There are about 7000 Syrian refugees in Armenia, who faced different problems upon arrival to their Armenian homeland. The minister, who is well aware of the situation, considerately follows up all projects that assist Syrian refugees to settle down in Armenia.
During the meeting, the minister learned about the conditions and conveniences in the shelter, as well as she spoke with Syrian people and learned about the issues they’re facing and their future plans. Mrs. Hakobyan promised to solve some of the problems encountered by Syrian Armenians upon arrival to the country. Immediately after the visit, children’s education problem, including transportation and other related issues, were solved with the help of the minister.
As a result, Syrian-Armenian eight children out of 19 got an opportunity to continue their education in Arabic at the Cilician college after Nar-Dos. Only the children, who should attend high school, face difficulties with the education; they are temporary deprived of education because of not knowing the language.
One of the Syrian Armenians, sheltered in the center, is Salbi, who left Syria with her nine year old son for Armenia. As Salbi says, the decision of leaving Syria was quite difficult one, as she didn’t have any relatives in Armenia. She was very happy, when “this door was oppened“.
Now Salbi has a job, and her son attends school. To the question, how is the attitude of local population towards them, Salbi answered: “They are very kind and sociable“.

Syrian families live in the center since December 2012, when the project of Armenian Caritas “Support to Syrian families” was launched. The project is funded by Caritas Germany. Armenian Catholic Church assisted to call the project to life through provision free accommodation to Syrian Armenian families. Instead of planned 37 the project was able to provide services to more than 57 families.
The aim of the project is to contribute to the integration of the refugees in Armenia by fulfilling their main socio-economic, legal and psychological needs. In the framework of the project Syrian Armenian families are provided with temporary accommodation, food, clothing, medicine, legal consultation and psychological support. Taking into account growing number of applicants, Caritas plans to expand the project.