As of now, 115,102 people in Armenia hold a passport coded 070, denoting citizenship of Armenia, and have also been issued a refugee identification card. These figures were released by Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, Department of Migration and Citizenship, as reported by Pastinfo.

Earlier, the same department reported that since September 2023, 115,365 individuals had been forcibly displaced from Artsakh following Azerbaijan’s military offensive.

Additionally, the department previously noted that by March 28, 2025, 8,437 individuals had applied for Armenian citizenship, and 7,402 had already been granted it by presidential decree.

Pastinfo said they sought clarification on why the number of people with refugee ID cards remains at 115,102 when only 7,402 have acquired Armenian citizenship, despite 115,365 being officially recognized as displaced. The news outlet also inquired how many people currently possess a 070 passport, considering that some Artsakh Armenians had relocated to Armenia prior to the September 2023 offensive, including after the 2020 war.

In response, the department confirmed the figure: currently, 115,102 individuals possess a 070 passport.

“Not all forcibly displaced individuals have received refugee ID cards, and not all holders of these ID cards are forcibly displaced. Therefore, these figures should not be directly compared,” the department clarified.

Azerbaijan launched a large-scale assault on Artsakh on September 19, 2023, subjecting the region to intense shelling. The next day, on September 20, the Artsakh authorities agreed to a ceasefire proposal from Russian peacekeepers, accepting Baku’s terms: disarmament of local forces and the dissolution of the Republic of Artsakh. Forced displacement began on September 24, with over 100,000 people fleeing to Armenia. Some reports indicate that only around 20 Armenians remain in Artsakh. On September 28, Artsakh President Samvel Shahramanyan signed a decree to dissolve the republic, effective January 1, 2024.