1,764 ARMENIANS ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO GERMANY THIS YEAR

YEREVAN, JUNE 22, ARMENPRESS: Since the beginning of the year some 1,764 Armenian citizens have been granted permission to travel to Germany. The figure for 2003 was 3,617 and 3,035 for 2002.
According to UNHCR Yerevan agency, Germany has received the third largest number of asylum seekers, 10, 170, in the course of 2004, coming after France and great Britain. Some 148 Armenians sought asylum in Germany this year, more than the number of asylum seekers in the USA.