“The United States provides assistance for the return of Azerbaijani forced immigrants to its homes.” This is stated in the report of the US Embassy in Azerbaijan, widespread on behalf of Ambassador Erla Litzenberger, in connection with the World Refugees.
The statement states that for the first time in history recently the number of people who have been forced to escape from conflicts, violence, human rights and persecution have exceeded 100 million.
“This is more than 1% of the world’s population. This year alone, the war in Ukraine led to the movement of eight million people and forced more than 6.8 million people to leave the country as refugees. Many are well aware of the sufferings, difficulties that have survived the communities forced Azerbaijani resettlements on the basis of conflict. The United States is the only country in the world that has the greatest humanitarian assistance to people in need, including refugees, victims of conflicts, forced immigrants, stateless persons and migrants. In addition, the United States since 1975 has been a world leader, accepted more than 3.5 million refugees in communities within the country, ”the statement said.
As the ambassador noted, the United States in Azerbaijan invests investments and support the community of forced immigrants.
“For more than ten years, we invested in the community of forced immigrants through English programs, as well as measures for the development of USAID. Since the work on relocation continues, we continue to support this community, and this work is very important. The United States support the right throughout the world All forced immigrants and refugees to voluntarily return to their former residence. Since 1992, the United States helped forced immigrants in Azerbaijan in the amount of more than 125 million dollars of a year and are still committed to support for this community. This targeted assistance includes the construction and repair of schools, Youth Development Programs and the program of studying English, ”the statement said.
According to Litzensberger, the United States also provide humanitarian assistance in clearance in order to strengthen the safety of people and to assist the community of forced immigrants, as well as in their efforts to return their home and safely restore their former life.
“While last fall in Ganja, I met with an inspirational group of young students-cure immigrants studying English in the American corner with the support of the embassy. Today, on World Refugees, I think about them and their future. I hope for the fact that That we can continue to protect and help refugees forced immigrants and communities affected by conflicts and natural disasters, ”the statement said.