RA BUDGET TO ALLOT $25 MLN TO SOLVE HOUSING PROBLEMS OF ARMENIAN REFUGEES FROM AZERBAIJAN

arminfo
2007-10-26 14:08:00

ArmInfo. Over 1,000 Armenian families – refugees from Azerbaijan,
living in Yerevan, in temporary housing, will finally be enabled to
acquire their own flats, Head of the Migration Agency of RA Ministry of
Territorial Administration Gagik Yeganyan said at today’s parliamentary
hearings.

He said that about $25 mln will be allotted from the state budget
to provide the refugees with flats. G. Yeganyan emphasized that the
calculations were made taking into account today’s prices for the
real estate.

To note, about 360,000 ethnic Armenians migrated to Armenia from
Azerbaijan in 1998-1992 in view of the events in Sumgait and Baku. Five
thousand refugees received citizenship in 2000, while today, they
number 80,000.

Yeganyan emphasized that the temporary housings of refugees will be
reformed under temporary camps of the European model for refugees
from the conflicting countries who wish to receive a temporary shelter
in Armenia.