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During 2024, around 1,290 calls and individual visits were received at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices in Yerevan and Goris concerning conflict-related family separation.

62 families requested the ICRC’s support to clarify the fate and whereabouts of their missing relatives by opening tracing/human remains requests, the organization reported.

“429 persons are still missing in relation to the escalations in 2020-2023, as per individual requests received by the ICRC from affected families. We continue to work with the concerned authorities to facilitate the process of search and identification to help them provide answers to the respective families,” it said in a statement on Monday.

“557 oral, video and written Red Cross messages were exchanged between families and their relatives detained in relation to the conflict escalations. Furthermore, we continued regular visits to individuals detained in relation to the armed conflict, to monitor the conditions of detention and treatment as well as help them maintain contact with their relatives,” the ICRC stated.

3 individuals were transferred from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to Armenia with the Red Cross support.