Three refugee families from Azerbaijan come into possession of apartments in Armenia
26.08.2016,
11:29
The Armenian government decided Thursday at it regular session to provide privatization rights to three families that fled their homes in Azerbaijan after anti-Armenian pogroms in 1988-1992 and have been living in hostels since then.
YEREVAN, August 26. /ARKA/.The Armenian government decided Thursday at it regular session to provide privatization rights to three families that fled their homes in Azerbaijan after anti-Armenian pogroms in 1988-1992 and have been living in hostels since then.
On February 26 to 29, 1988, mass pogroms of Armenians were committed in Azerbaijan’s city of Sumgait.
According to official reports 32 people were killed and hundreds injured in the pogroms.
Some 14,000 Sumgait residents of Armenian descent left the city within s few days.
There were pogroms also in other cities of Azerbaijan, particularly in Baku in 1990.
As a result, Armenia hosted more than 360,000 refugees over a period between 1988 and 1992. Other 140,000 migrated to the CIS countries.
Larisa Alaverdyan, the first Armenian ombudsperson, says thousands of asylum-seekers from Azerbaijan have apartments so far. --0----
On February 26 to 29, 1988, mass pogroms of Armenians were committed in Azerbaijan’s city of Sumgait.
According to official reports 32 people were killed and hundreds injured in the pogroms.
Some 14,000 Sumgait residents of Armenian descent left the city within s few days.
There were pogroms also in other cities of Azerbaijan, particularly in Baku in 1990.
As a result, Armenia hosted more than 360,000 refugees over a period between 1988 and 1992. Other 140,000 migrated to the CIS countries.
Larisa Alaverdyan, the first Armenian ombudsperson, says thousands of asylum-seekers from Azerbaijan have apartments so far. --0----
