Monday, October 2 2023 10:09

ArmInfo.Most of the forcibly displaced people from Nagorno- Karabakh arrived in Syunik and Vaiots  Dzor, Armenia's Minister of Territorial Administration Gnel Sanosyan told Armenia's Public TV. 

According to him, two humanitarian stations operated in the cities of  Goris and Vayk to receive displaced persons, where the main process  was organized. From there, refugees were redistributed to various  regions of the country. Thus, both stations no longer have the  functions that were assigned to them. Of the over 100 thousand  displaced people, 47,300 thousand, as of 15:00 October 1, with the  assistance of the government and local self-determination bodies,  were provided with temporary housing - in hostels and hotels. This  process is actively ongoing, and this number is growing hourly. "The  government intends to satisfy all the needs of our compatriots who  need housing," the minister said, adding that according to the  current situation, there are practically no families left who need  it. Sanosyan pointed out the complexity of the problem, which was  solved within 2-3 days, which was very difficult to do.

In turn, the head of the RA Migration and Citizenship Service Armen  Ghazaryan noted that out of the total number of arrived migrants, 43  thousand are female and 41 thousand are male. The number of people  over 65 years old is 10 thousand, and children - 26 thousand. All  data is summarized and provided to departments for making further  decisions. "There is a lot of work ahead to decide on further steps  related to demographics," which was very difficult to decide within  2-3 days.