06.2002 - Source: US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

USCR: Ethnic Armenians fleeing from Abkhazia were not recognized as refugees ("World Refugee Survey 2002") [#7409],  [ID 6096]

"In contrast, Armenia did not recognize as refugees an estimated 11,000 persons, almost all ethnic Armenians, who fled conflicts in Chechnya (Russian Federation) and Abkhazia (Georgia) and whom USCR regards as being in need of protection."

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