who were citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran and Ukraine, Petros Aghababyan, head of the asylum department of the state migration service of the ministry of territorial administration and development told ARMENPRESS. According to him, the asylum seekers are mainly ethnic Armenians, there are also Iranians and Arabs. Since the beginning of the Syrian War, more than 20 thousand Syrian-Armenians arrived in Armenia, however only 1200 applied for a status of refugee.