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Azerbaijan to draft bill on IDPs and refugees

28 January 2016 17:17 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan to draft bill on IDPs and refugees

By Laman Sadigova

A bill “On Repatriation of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons” is being developed in Azerbaijan.

Hadi Rajabli, the chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliamentary Committee on labor and social affairs announced about this on January 28.

Azerbaijan has over one million refugees and IDPs, who were forced to leave their native lands as a result of the Armenian aggression.

Azerbaijan, which has been locked in a conflict that emerged over Armenia's groundless territorial claims against the country in late 1980s, is one of the numerous countries that has been burdened with the problem of refugees and internally displaced peoples .

Every 8th citizen in Azerbaijan is a refugee as a result of the Armenian aggression. Out of more than 9.6 million population, 1.2 million are refugees and IDPs in their native land.

Rajabli further added that bills “On the Rights of People with Disabilities” and “On Tourism” will be reviewed during the parliament’s spring session.

He said the first bill is a modified version of the law ‘On Prevention of Disability’, which was passed earlier.

“This law has partially lose its relevance. Therefore, it was necessary to improve it,” he said.

The chairman added that a number of changes are also planned to be made in Azerbaijan’s Labour Code.

The Azerbaijanis who were displaced from their homes as result of the brutal war were forced to live in refugee camps, tents, in very difficult conditions. They also lost all of their properties.

The Azerbaijani government made the refugee and IDP problem its highest priority and pays enormous attention to improve living conditions of Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs.

Currently, the Azerbaijani government successfully implements a program on improving the living conditions of refugees and IDPs and on increasing employment.

The people who held refugee status were granted compensations and benefits. Extensive measures were launched to ensure social protection of the refugees

Despite all the measures taken by the government, the people who had to leave their native lands and live the lives of refugees and IDPs live with a desire to return home and are waiting for the conflict to be resolved soon.

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