The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) received more than 6,000 calls and visits from families of the missing at the ICRC delegation in Yerevan last year.
62 families requested ICRC support to clarify the fate of their missing relatives by opening tracing requests with the ICRC, the organization said in its operational highlights of 2022.
63 families learned about the fate of their relatives. In total, 309 persons from Armenia were registered as missing in relation to the escalations in 2020-2022.
80 families of the missing related to the 2020 escalation were visited as part of the needs assessment.
6 sessions with families of the missing related to the 2020 escalation were organized as part of the Accompaniment project which was piloted in Armavir region.
18 information sessions about the ICRC work and relevant developments in the region were attended by families of 141 missing persons from the conflict in the 90s. In Armenia, 407 persons are still reported missing from the conflict in the 90s by their families.
More than 1,550 oral, video and written Red Cross messages were shared with the families of those detained in relation to the conflict escalations. The ICRC visited the detained individuals on a regular basis and helped them restore or maintain contacts with their relatives.