REFUGEES FROM AZERBAIJAN SETTLING IN NKR

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Nov 28 2006

Since the beginning of the current year about 240 families (over
600 people) have moved to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic /NKR/ from
RA and CIS countries for permanent residence, Head of Department for
migration of refugees and settlement of NKR Government Pavel Najarian
told DE FACTO agency.

In his words, most migrants are refugees from Azerbaijan of Karabakh
origin. One third of them are children.

The NKR state budget have allocated 1 milliard drams for the
settlement of migrants and refugees, which is 200 million drams more
as compared with the last year’s level. A family is given housing with
all conveniences and personal plots and allowances at a rate of 20,
000 drams per head. Besides, 0, 6 hectares of land are given to each
member of the family and loan to purchase a cow, seeds and diesel
fuel for the sowing.