11:51, November 21, 2012
Unofficial data state that between 10 and 20.000 Armenian immigrants work in Turkey illegally. The majority of them are women. Their children have no documents and are not granted the right to education.
Istanbul – the courtyard of the Armenian Church of Surp Hovhannes. Every evening, the coming and going of people intensifies with the setting of the sun. Young Armenian women, immigrant workers, take turns in taking their children home after school, an elementary school in the basement of the church. It is an illegal school, attended by 105 children: most of them do not hold an identity card, as they were born in Turkey from parents without a residence permit. This phenomenon affects around 1.000 children across Turkey and is one of the most serious problems for those Armenian immigrants who are "illegal".
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