445 internally displaced families will celebrate New Year at new homes
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445 internally displaced families from Russian occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) received brand new apartments in central Georgian town of Gori to ring in the New Year 2018.
These are:
- 160 one room apartments;
- 240 double room apartments;
- 45 three room apartments.
Considering the needs of the people with disabilities, they were given apartments on the ground floor.
Sozar Subari, Georgia’s Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees takes photos with children. Photo by Ministry of IDPs’ press office
Georgian Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees gave apartments to the IDPs selected through the application process this year.
Eight internally displaced families from Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have received new apartments today in Borjomi, Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.
The General Assembly of the United Nations has recognised the right of return of all internally displaced persons and refugees in Georgia and their descendants to their homes throughout that country, including Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region.
About 12,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) living in Georgia have been gifted new homes in the past four years through the Government’s initiative to rehome these vulnerable people.
At today’s Governmental meeting Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili said 347 internally displaced families would be gifted private ownership of accommodation in various parts of Georgia before the end of the year.
A brand new kindergarten will serve some 1,244 internally displaced families from the Russian occupied regions of Georgia - Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) - now residing in Georgia’s Black Sea town of Poti.