posted by zaina19 on September, 2005 as Human Rights
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Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/2/2005 2:57 AM Census of Chechen refugees in Pankisi Gorge 31.08.2005 - 00:15:24
The Georgian Ministry for Refugees and Accommodation, with the support of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), started on August 30 a census of Chechen refugees...
The Georgian Ministry for Refugees and Accommodation, with the support of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), started on August 30 a census of Chechen refugees currently residing in the Pankisi gorge in Georgia´s eastern mountains.
The process, which is conducted annually, will last for two weeks.
Minister for Refugees and Accommodation Eter Astemirova said that according to census data from last September, about 2,500 Chechen refugees live in Pankisi.
Many Chechens have already left Georgia and moved back to Chechnya, or a third country, as their number has reduced since 1999, when up to 7,000 Chechens, who fled second war in Chechnya, lived in Pankisi.
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