Per capita, Azerbaijan has the highest number of refugees and internally displaced persons of any country in the world today. Twenty-four years of armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has caused more than 600,000 people in Azerbaijan to flee their homes. To escape the violent clashes, to internally displaced person (IDP) settlements, located anywhere from former cattle farms to closed resort complexes; these makeshift homes are all that some Azerbaijanis know. Enduring from 1988 to 1994, when a ceasefire agreement was signed, the conflict has endured as skirmishes have continued to kill thousands of people, including many civilians. Although there has been a respite in the battle, the wounds are still fresh and the consequences prevalent in this region located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. With an estimated 30,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands displaced at the hands of territorial conflict, Azerbaijanis struggle to rebuild their lives in the wake of the strife.
