Displacement of the Karabakh Armenians

What happened

Within two weeks of the offensive, over 100,000 people — effectively the entire Armenian population of Karabakh — drive the mountain road to Armenia. Azerbaijan states they may remain or return under Azerbaijani law; virtually none do. UNHCR registers the arrivals in Armenia.

The largest single displacement in the region since the 1990s and the demographic end of a centuries-old community in place — the event around which questions of return, property, heritage and responsibility will orbit for decades, whatever any treaty says.

Confidence: High