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Armenia: 250,000 refugees
There are an estimated 360,000 refugees living in Armenia. Virtually all of them are ethnic Armenians who fled Azerbaijan during the 1988–93 war over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Most of them are eligible for Armenian citizenship, and have largely integrated into Armenian society. By January 2004, the number of refugees from Azerbaijan who had obtained Armenian citizenship topped 65,000.
