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Conditions determined for granting IDP status to men whose wives are internally displaced persons

05 November 2026 17:40 (UTC +04:00)

Men who were married to residents of occupied districts (internally displaced persons) before the circumstances that caused internal displacement arose, but who did not deregister their passports from their own districts and registered at their wives' places of residence after the occupation, will be granted internally displaced person (IDP) status and an identification card confirming this status, APA reports.

This is reflected in an amendment to the "Rules for Granting Internally Displaced Person Status and Issuing Identification Cards Confirming Such Status to Internally Displaced Persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan," introduced by a decision of the State Committee for Affairs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons.

Previously, such status was granted only to women who were married to residents of occupied districts (internally displaced persons) before the circumstances that caused internal displacement arose, but who did not deregister their passports from their own districts and registered at their husbands' places of residence after the occupation.

Firuza Vahid

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