Nagorno-Karabakh: Thousands of ethnic Armenian refugees fleeing

We get the latest from our reporter in Nagorno-Karabakh where ethnic Armenians are fleeing after Azerbaijani forces overran the disputed enclave. More than thirteen thousand people, around ten percent of the population, have now left with huge queues of vehicles heading towards the Armenian border. We also hear from people fleeing the disputed territory.

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Presenter: Lukwesa Burak

(Photo: An elderly woman holding an infant waits as ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh arrive to a registration center of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, near the border town of Kornidzor, Armenia, 25 September 2023. Credit:Narek Aleksanyan/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)