More than 100,000 refugees arrive in Armenia as exodus swells

An ethnic Armenian woman from Nagorno-Karabakh warms herself near a tent camp after arriving in Armenia's Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, Sept. 29, 2023. [AP Photo]

More than 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia since Azerbaijan's military operation to retake control of Nagorno-Karabakh, the United Nations said, while thousands more endured long hours of delay in a huge traffic jam at the border.

"Many are hungry, exhausted and need immediate assistance," Filippo Grandi, head of the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, said on social media late Friday. "International help is very urgently required."