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As Armenia heads to the polls, Karabakh refugees face growing marginalisation

Jun 4, 2026
With Armenia heading to the polls for a critical parliamentary election, a bitter internal battle has taken center stage. Since the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians have fled. But as Prime Minister Pashinyan campaigns heavily on a final peace accord with Azerbaijan, refugees face an unexpected second front: legal marginalisation and hostile rhetoric from the very top. FRANCE 24’s Taline Oundjian, Wassim Daly and Olivia Bizot report.
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