CITIZENS ILLEGALLY EMIGRATED FROM AZERBAIJAN TO EU COUNTRIES TO BE FORCEDLY READMITTED
APA, Azerbaijan
May 19 2014
[ 19 May 2014 14:07 ]
The Azerbaijani Parliament was recommended “the Agreement between the
Azerbaijani Republic and the European Union on readmission (return)
of illegal immigrants”
Baku. Mubariz Aslanov – APA. Azerbaijan undertakes new commitments to
the European Union on readmission of citizens illegally migrated to
the EU countries and other related issues. This was envisaged in the
Agreement between the Azerbaijani Republic and the European Union on
readmission (return) of illegal immigrants, which is being discussed
at the meeting of the Legal Policy and State Building Committee of
the Parliament, APA reports.
Chairman of the Committee Ali Huseynli addressed the meeting that
according to the agreement, Azerbaijan undertakes a commitment to
readmit the citizens illegally immigrated to the EU countries. The
document envisages that Azerbaijan will readmit persons proved to
be or likely to be citizens of Azerbaijan basing on prima facie
evidences, who failed to comply with or fulfill the valid terms on
entering, staying and living in the territory of the member state at
the request of a member state of the European Union and in addition
to the conditions contained in this Agreement without formality. The
agreement also envisages a number of other commitments.
At the meeting the question was raised on the way of readmission of
the citizens (especially Armenians) living in Nagorno Karabakh and
surrounding regions from the EU countries according to this Agreement.
In his response to the question, Chairman of the Committee Ali
Huseynli stated that this will be discussed with the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and regarding the issue a concrete opinion will be
presented at the plenary meeting.
The Committee approved the agreement and recommended it to the
plenary meeting.
From: A. Papazian