Gov’t allocates $265,000 to facilitate return of illegal migrants
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The Government of Georgia has allocated $265,000 to support Georgian emigrants who will be returning to their homeland.
The money is now within the Georgia’s Returned Migrants’ Reintegration Support Program and will be transferred to tender-winning NGOs.
The selected NGOs will have to spend the money for the returning migrants’ medical expenses, on small business financing, qualification trainings and temporary accommodations.
The grant program aims to support the creation of conditions that will support Georgians residing abroad illegally after their return to Georgia in order to successfully reintegrate into society.
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz proposed to create refugee centers outside the borders of the EU and named Georgia as one of these possible locations. Georgia said it is not feasible to take in migrants given the current difficulties faced by the country.
Government of Georgia has legalized houses and agricultural lands to about 200 eco-migrant families in Tsalka municipality of the eastern Kvemo Kartli region.
Georgia’s Prime Minister has made a plea to all Georgians living abroad to return home and help participate in the country’s development.
Georgia’s Prime Minister is discussing a request by local emigrants who are asking to retain their Georgian citizenship even though they lived and worked abroad.
Georgia’s state reintegration programme has offered support to 600 citizens who returned from emigration between 2020-2022, the Internally Displaced Persons, Ecomigrants and Livelihood Agency of Georgia told Interpressnews on Wednesday.