4,566 Georgians deported from foreign states in 2018

Most of the Georgian citizens have been deported from Israel and Turkey. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge. 

 

Agenda.ge, 06 Nov 2019 - 18:38, Tbilisi,Georgia

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.

The commission says that in 2018:

  • 531 Georgians were deported from Germany.
  • 209 - from Russia.
  • 1,788 - from Turkey.
  • 813 - from Israel.
  • 273 - from France.
  • 166 - from Austria.
  • 108 - from Belgium.
  • 84 - from Switzerland.
  • 83 – from Italy.
  • 102 – from Sweden.
  • 30 – from Finland.
  • 58 – from Greece.
  • 44 – from Spain.
  • 46 from Ukraine.

 The report says that the number of the Georgian citizens who were ordered to leave the EU members states has increased over the past two years.

 The report reads that in 2018 9,745 Georgian citizens were ordered to leave the EU member states, with Germany, France, Greece, Sweden and Poland leading the list.