Number of Georgian asylum seekers in Denmark decrease three times

The number of Georgian asylum seekers in Denmark has decreased three times compared to last year, Danish Immigration Service reports.  

81 applications were submitted by Georgian citizens in January-August this year, while 264 Georgian citizens applied for asylum in Denmark in the same period of 2018.

A total of 402 Georgian citizens applied for asylum in Denmark last year, however none of them received asylum in the country.

Georgia was in third place after Eritrea and Syria at this rate in 2018.

• Denmark says number of Georgian asylum seekers decreased in the country

The statistics of Georgian asylum seekers in Denmark by years are as follows:

2014 – 111 applications

2015 – 100 applications

2016 – 73 applications

2017 – 76 applications

2018 – 402 applications

2019 Ian-Aug – 81 applications

Denmark listed Georgia as a safe country in 2018, which means that no one in Georgia is politically persecuted and the country’s citizens have a very low chance of receiving asylum in Denmark.

The number of Georgian asylum seekers decreased in other countries in 2019, including Germany and Iceland.