1062 REFUGEE FAMILIES FROM AZERBAIJAN HOUSED

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.01.2010 15:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 1062 refugee families from Azerbaijan have been
housed in Armenia since 2005, in the framework of a governmental
program, according to the head of the RA Migration Service.

"$40-45 million is needed to resolve the refugees’ problems," Gagik
Yeganyan said. "The issue will be raised during a conference with
representatives of international organizations to be held this year.

1270 families are still homeless."

20 years ago the Azerbaijani authorities instigated the Armenian
pogroms in Baku. Some 400 Armenians were killed and 200 thousand
were exiled in the period of January 13-19, 1990. The exact number
of those killed was never determined, as no investigation was carried
out into the crimes.

On January 13, a crowd numbering 50 thousand people divided into
groups and started "cleaning" the city of Armenians. On January 17,
the European Parliament called on EU Council of Foreign Ministers
and European Council to protect Armenians and render assistance to
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. On January 18, a group of U.S. Senators
sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to express concerns over the
violence against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and called
for unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.