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A growing stream of ethnic Armenian refugees are fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan's seizure of the disputed region last week.

More than 3,000 people have so far crossed into Armenia from the enclave, which is home to a majority of some 120,000 ethnic Armenians. They left after the government in Yerevan announced plans to move those made homeless by the fighting.

It also warned that those who stayed could face ethnic cleansing. Azerbaijan has said it wants to re-integrate the ethnic Armenians as "equal citizens".

Reporter Gabriel Gavin, who is at the Armenian border with Politico, told Newsday there has been a "frantic desperation in the air" for days.

(Picture shows Armenians fleeing the separatist enclave Nagorno Karabakh arrive at an American Red Cross hub in Kornidzor, Armenia. Sept 25th 2023. Credit : Astrig Agopian/Getty Images