Regnum, Russia
March 23 2007

Nagorno Karabakh to build 12 houses for refugees this year

3, 840 families of refugees have been registered a the Nagorno
Karabakh’s government’s Office for Migration, Refugees, and
Resettlement. Today, the refugees fill out forms in which they are
are supposed to specify in detail, what moral and material damaged
they suffered. This information is to be then used as a foundation in
defining an amount of compensation a family is going to receive,
REGNUM correspondent reports.
According to the head of the agency Serzh Amirhanyan, the process of
registration is almost complete. In 2008-2010, main effort will be
directed at solving the problem of refugees’ housing. 26 houses were
built and reconstructed in 2006 for the families of refugees, 11 of
them in Stepanakert. Besides, 24 houses for refugees have been
bought. 12 more are to be built in 2007.

155 families (487 people, including 66 children) have moved from
Armenia and other countries to NKR in the recent years. They have
received the refugee status and enjoy benefits provided by the state.
A total of 105 resident houses have been built and 38 reconstructed
for the people. Last year, 1, 036bn drams were allocated for the
program. Serzh Amirhanyan says that, to solve the problems of
refugees comprehensively, Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, and diaspora
have to consolidate efforts.