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Refugees in Armenia get wired for work
7 Apr 2011 A UNHCR-funded computer training course is opening doors to better job opportunities for refugees in Armenia, like 23-year-old Ramella. -
Azerbaijan closes last of emergency camps
7 Feb 2008 Displaced Azerbaijanis face a more comfortable future after the government closes the last two emergency camps and moves IDPs into new housing. -
Nansen Award winner Kanai uses prize to help in Armenia and Azerbaijan
19 Apr 2007 Japanese optometrist Akio Kanai has used all the prize money that came with his Nansen Refugee Award to assist refugees and internally displaced in Azerbaijan and Armenia, countries where he has been helping victims on both sides of the conflict for almost a decade. -
My door is always open, says refugee in Armenia
1 Sep 2005 Sergey Danielyan is an ethnic Armenian who fled Azerbaijan for Armenia as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. UNHCR catches up with the 69-year-old to see how he is coping with life as a refugee in his motherland. -
Fuji Optical puts focus on needy people in Azerbaijan
30 Jun 2005 Some 1,500 people in Azerbaijan - refugees, displaced people, orphans, the elderly and other vulnerable populations - have had their eyes examined and received free eye glasses from a visiting team from Fuji Optical. -
Some 65,000 refugees from Azerbaijan gain Armenian citizenship
6 Feb 2004 More than 65,000 refugees from Azerbaijan have obtained Armenian citizenship under a government programme supported by the UN refugee agency. -
Feature: Ethnic Armenian refugees face challenge of integration
7 May 2003 In Armenia, more than 20 percent of ethnic Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan have opted for Armenian citizenship. But other refugees feel that getting jobs and permanent housing in their host country are more important measures of integration than acquiring citizenship.