Number of Georgian asylum seekers in Germany down 10%

The number of Georgian asylum seekers in Germany has decreased 10%, Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees reports.

2,953 Georgian citizens applied for asylum in Germany in January-September. The number of applications was 3,257 last year.

Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees informs that the agency made a negative decision on most of the applications.

A total of 127,017 citizens applied for asylum in Germany this year, of which 31,436 were from Syria.

• Number of Georgian asylum seekers in Germany dramatically decreases

Iraq, Turkey, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia and Eritrea are among the ten top asylum seeking countries in Germany.

The German parliament declared Georgia a safe country last year, which means that nobody is politically persecuted in Georgia and chances are very low for Georgians to receive asylum in the country.

The Georgian government implemented restrictions last year to combat illegal migration of Georgians to the EU to preserve the EU-Georgia visa free deal signed in 2017.