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Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenia

After Azerbaijan took control of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians moved to Armenia, where more than 115,000 residents of Karabakh have been registered.

According to the International Crisis Group, rent subsidies ended in June 2025 and reduced social assistance for about 45,000 of the most vulnerable was due to end in January 2026; about 16,000 refugees have left Armenia. By 13 August 2026, 7,743 families (31,845 people) had received housing certificates, of whom 4,146 families had used them. Integration and psychosocial support is provided by organisations including the Armenian Red Cross and UNHCR.

Numbers with sources

Needs

• shelter
• livelihoods
• protection
• health

Who is helping

Organisations that, according to their own publications, work on this event (2). Donations go directly to each organisation's own website - GLOBURNS does not handle payments.

• Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS)
  The national Red Cross society of Armenia. It supports refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh with employment, small business and psychosocial support programmes.
• UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
  UNHCR protects refugees, internally displaced and stateless people and runs camps and registration. In eastern Chad it supports refugees arriving from Sudan.
  Donate on the organisation's website (donate.unhcr.org)

Sources

• arka.am arka.am/en/news/society/over-7-700-karabakh-refugee-families-receive-housing-certificates…
• crisisgroup.org crisisgroup.org/cmt/europe-central-asia/armenian-azerbaijani-conflict-armenia/armenia-str…
• redcross.am redcross.am/en/news.html

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