Garabagh Armenians face deplorable living standards: poll
Armenians living in Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, an
Azeri region under Armenian occupation, are facing deplorable
living standards, a recent survey has found.
According to the study, surveying 1,250 people by the local Khankandi Press Club with the financial aid of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 63.2% of Garabagh Armenians consider their socio-economic conditions unbearable. 71.4% of respondents admitted they would leave Upper Garabagh as soon as the opportunity presents itself. 58% of those polled explained their desire to migrate to earn a better living, while 47.2% voiced a desire to leave because of social injustices that prevail there, 16.3% due to the threat of a resumption of hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and 8.7% for political reasons.
68.3% of respondents blamed the deplorable living conditions on the former leader of the separatist regime, Arkadi Gukasian. However, they acknowledged that the incumbent regime in Khankandi, the center of the self-proclaimed Upper Garabagh republic, is not pursuing a proper policy either.
According to the study, surveying 1,250 people by the local Khankandi Press Club with the financial aid of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 63.2% of Garabagh Armenians consider their socio-economic conditions unbearable. 71.4% of respondents admitted they would leave Upper Garabagh as soon as the opportunity presents itself. 58% of those polled explained their desire to migrate to earn a better living, while 47.2% voiced a desire to leave because of social injustices that prevail there, 16.3% due to the threat of a resumption of hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and 8.7% for political reasons.
68.3% of respondents blamed the deplorable living conditions on the former leader of the separatist regime, Arkadi Gukasian. However, they acknowledged that the incumbent regime in Khankandi, the center of the self-proclaimed Upper Garabagh republic, is not pursuing a proper policy either.
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