Last year as many as 1.581 people, (of which 421 children under 16) arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, whereas 995 left the country.

According to NKR National Statistical Service, the number of newcomers 2.5 times exceeds the leavers.

97% of immigrants intends to stay in Nagorno-Karabakh. Majority of migrants – 89.6% moves to NKR from Armenia, while 6.5% — from Russia and 3.9% from other countries.

Internal migration in NKR made 48.9%.

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