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First Person: ‘A handful of soil’ – refugee stories from Armenia

·October 15, 2023·4 min read

Some 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since the end of September and many have received support from the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Here are some of their stories. Ophelia Aghajanyan Ophelia Aghajanyan: We are pensioners. My husband, who used to be a soldier, is a disabled man. My...

100,000 reasons to help: The UN migration agency at work in Armenia

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·October 13, 2023·4 min read

Goris, population 20,000, is a picture-postcard town, sitting in a bowl in the high mountains of southern of Armenia. It’s 25 kilometres to the border with Azerbaijan, to the Lachin corridor. During the last week in September, over 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled the Karabakh region and arrived in Goris, Armenia,...

Armenia: UN launches urgent appeal to help refugees fleeing Karabakh

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·October 7, 2023·2 min read

“We call upon the international community to urgently support refugees and their hosts,” said Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees. “International support is crucial to sustain this welcome and to enable us to respond to immediate needs and to also build upon the resilience of this population.” Following the...

Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies

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·September 30, 2023·4 min read

Some 65,000 have already been registered at Government-run centres where long lines have formed. Late on Friday, UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi tweeted that more than 100,000 refugees had now arrived in Armenia from Karabakh. Anxiety and fear The agency is supporting the refugees with core relief items, said agency representative...