2,561 Georgian citizens deported from foreign states in first 9 months of 2019
4,584 Georgian citizens were deported from foreign states in the previous year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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2,561 Georgian citizens have been deported from foreign states between January and September of 2019, the Georgian Interior Ministry says.
The ministry said that 2,798,199 Georgian citizens crossed the border in the period, while 2,755,540 returned back to the country, with more than 42,000 yet to return.
The data of 2018 shows that 29,237 Georgians did not return back to the country.
3,697,152 Georgian citizens crossed the border in 2018 and 3,667,915 returned back.
In 2017 3,850,617 crossed the border and 3,813,867 returned back. In total 36,750 did not return back to the country in 2017.
4,584 Georgian citizens were deported from foreign states last year, with most of them being deported from Turkey, Israel and Germany.
Within a year of the Georgia-EU visa free agreement, 192,453 Georgian citizens have visited the Schengen Zone 258,663 times, the Georgian Interior Ministry reports. Deputy Interior Minister Nino Javakhadze stated that in total 1,001 Georgians were refused entry into the EU passport-free zone.
411 Georgian citizens were deported from the EU member states between August and November of 2018, the Georgian Interior Ministry reports.
Georgia continues to monitor the return operation of the Georgian citizens residing on the territory of the European Union (EU) countries without permission.
A total of 1,760 Georgian citizens have been deported across the globe in the first six months of 2017. Georgia’s Interior Ministry revealed the statistics today.
4,566 Georgians were deported from foreign countries last year, with more than half of the people have been deported from Israel and Turkey, a report released by the state migration commission reads.
TV channel Formula reported today that 60 Georgian citizens were deported from Sweden and Germany. Formula TV also reported that the Georgian citizens were living in Germany and Sweden and wanted to seek asylum there.