Which countries deported the most Georgians in the first half of 2017?
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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 earlier today.
The statistics showed that the largest number of Georgians – 874 people – were deported from Turkey. This was followed by Germany, from where 206 Georgian citizens were deported, and Israel where 200 Georgians had to leave the country.
According to the statistics, Russia deported 78 Georgians, France deported 56 and Greece deported 37 Georgian nationals.
The Ministry also revealed the numbers about how many foreigner citizens were refused entry into Georgia in the first half of 2017. The statistics said that a total of 2,922 foreigners were turned down at the Georgian border. Of these 571 were Indians, 492 were Turkish nationals, 230 were Russians, 175 were from Syria and 171 were Uzbek citizens.
The rest of the people were from different countries across the globe.
The number of Georgian nationals seeking political asylum in Israel has been significantly decreased in the course of the last month, Georgia’s Consul to Israel Aleksandre Jishkariani told local media.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Russia must pay €30,000 compensation to a heavily pregnant Georgian woman who was expelled from Russia in 2006 with her four underage children, who later gave birth ti a still-born after arriving to Georgia.
Russia has agreed to pay €70,000 compensation to the family of a Georgian citizen who was among the mass deportation of thousands of Georgians from Russia in 2006.
Georgia is very close to implementing visa-free travel to the Schengen zone, so the country’s authorities have started providing its citizens with necessary information regarding visa-free trips.
Georgia continues to monitor the return operation of the Georgian citizens residing on the territory of the European Union (EU) countries without permission.
2,561 Georgian citizens have been deported from foreign states between January and September of 2019, the Georgian Interior Ministry says.
Greek police have arrested a 40-year-old Georgian national who was caught driving a refrigerated truck with 41 migrants in the back, the Guardian reports.
Police in Cyprus have detained 17 Georgian citizens for illegally staying in the country.