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.
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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.
About 1.4 million Georgians have left the country between 2002 and 2017, a study conducted by the NGO Society and Banks with the support of the Ilia University Financial Education Centre reads.
2,561 Georgian citizens have been deported from foreign states between January and September of 2019, the Georgian Interior Ministry says.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told Deutsche Welle that Germany intends to add Georgia and Armenia to the list of safe countries, which means that no one from those countries will receive asylum in Germany.According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees of Germany, 3,462 citizens of Georgia and 3,857 citizens of Armenia applied for asylum in Germany last year.
Within a year of the Georgia-EU visa free agreement, 192,453 Georgian citizens have visited the Schengen Zone 258,663 times, the Georgian Interior Ministry reports. Deputy Interior Minister Nino Javakhadze stated that in total 1,001 Georgians were refused entry into the EU passport-free zone.
Police in Cyprus have detained 17 Georgian citizens for illegally staying in the country.
Pre-flight checks will be introduced for Georgian nationals at Georgian airports before leaving for the EU Schengen zone to protect the EU-Georgia visa free deal signed in 2017, EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell said earlier today.
TV channel Formula reported today that 60 Georgian citizens were deported from Sweden and Germany. Formula TV also reported that the Georgian citizens were living in Germany and Sweden and wanted to seek asylum there.