{"id":36630,"date":"2017-06-20T13:23:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=36630"},"modified":"2017-07-03T15:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T15:10:37","slug":"%d5%b0%d5%a1%d5%b5%d5%a1%d5%bd%d5%bf%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%b6-%d5%a8%d5%b6%d5%a4%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b6%d5%a5%d5%ac-%d5%a7-%d5%b7%d5%b8%d6%82%d6%80%d5%bb-22-%d5%b0%d5%a1%d5%a6%d5%a1%d6%80-%d6%83%d5%a1%d5%ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/%d5%b0%d5%a1%d5%b5%d5%a1%d5%bd%d5%bf%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%b6-%d5%a8%d5%b6%d5%a4%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b6%d5%a5%d5%ac-%d5%a7-%d5%b7%d5%b8%d6%82%d6%80%d5%bb-22-%d5%b0%d5%a1%d5%a6%d5%a1%d6%80-%d6%83%d5%a1%d5%ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia accepted over 22 thousand refugees from Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.womennet.amwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/World-Refugee-Day-Images.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>According to official data, the total number of refugees in the world is 65.6 million, of which 51% are children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>55% of refugees are from three countries: Syria &#8211; 5.5 million, Afghanistan &#8211; 2.5 million, South Sudan &#8211; 1.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The highest number of refugees was taken by Turkey &#8211; 2.9 million, followed by Pakistan &#8211; 1.4 million, Lebanon &#8211; 1 million, Iran &#8211; 979,400, Uganda &#8211; 940,800, Ethiopia &#8211; 791,600.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not being directly related to any of the conflicting parties, we cannot ignore the fact that being a small part of Armenia, the ever-increasing number of refugees has an impact on us as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the war in Syria, Armenia has received about 22,000 refugees, mostly ethnic Armenians. Some of them later decided to go back to Syria; the other left for the third country, around 15,000 had to continue living in Armenia. This is evidenced by official data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The flow of Syrian-Armenians to Armenia has given a new color and culture to our country. Especially when walking on the streets of Yerevan, you can often find a variety of restaurants, hairdressers, shops, desserts and footwear based by Syrian-Armenians.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Armenia is an economically sophisticated country, but it is a safe haven that keeps many refugees here,&#8221; said Christophe Birvirt, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full text in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6-%D5%A8%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%AC-%D5%A7-%D5%B7%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%BB-22-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A1%D6%80-%D6%83%D5%A1%D5%AD\/\">Armenian<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"newstxt\">According to official data, the total number of refugees in the world is 65.6 million, of which 51% are children. &nbsp; 55% of refugees are from three countries: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,186,198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-99","category-migration","category-198"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36630"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36673,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36630\/revisions\/36673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}