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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. -
Artistic appreciation and tolerance in an Armenian village
17 Jul 2006 The ethnic Azeri population of southern Armenia's Yeghegis village fled the area in 1989, but the local government and population have vowed to protect their cultural legacy and religious sites in a heart-warming gesture of tolerance. -
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. -
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. -
Armenia: one of the most successful voluntary naturalisations in recent decades
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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. -
UNHCR seeks $37 million for CIS programmes
23 Dec 1997