The return of Azerbaijani families to the village of Hadrut and the village of Badara has begun

The first groups of displaced persons who left during the Karabakh conflict were sent to the village of Hadrut and the village of Badara today.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, Azerbaijanis from Karabakh settlements were forced to leave their homes after the start of the first Karabakh war. The return of displaced persons began after Azerbaijan took control of these territories. On November 10, 2023, the Azerbaijani authorities announced that they plan to resettle 140 thousand people to the territories of Karabakh that came under the control of Baku by 2026.

Today, the first groups of displaced persons were sent to the village of Hadrut in the Khojavend district and to the village of Badara in the Khojaly district, who were resettled in Baku, Ganja, as well as in the Goranboy, Barda, Beylagan, Bilasuvar and Absheron districts, APA reports.

These people lived mainly in dormitories, sanatoriums and administrative buildings. At the first stage, 14 families (55 people) will return to the village of Badara, and 10 families (42 people) to the village of Hadrut, Trend writes.

Recall that on September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan carried out large-scale military operations and took control of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, after which a mass exodus of the Armenian population began. By October 7, 2023, 100,632 internally displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in Armenia, and by September 2024, only 14 Armenians remained in the region. "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Beginning and End of the Unrecognized Republic of Artsakh".

By August 2024, 2,036 families (7,901 people) of internally displaced persons have returned to the territories of Karabakh that came under the control of Baku.

Azerbaijani displaced persons complained about the difficulties of returning to Karabakh. In particular, they noted that there are not enough jobs in Fizuli. People are looking for opportunities to return to their native places, but in the territories that came under the control of Azerbaijan, property issues have not yet been resolved, the displaced persons noted.

Azerbaijani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" pointed out that simply providing housing to the forced migrants who have returned to their cities is not enough. The authorities must create jobs and build infrastructure, they emphasized.