2,163 Georgian citizens requested asylum in Germany in the first eight months of 2021
More Georgians requested asylum in Germany between January-August of 2021 than in the same period of last year. Photo: strongcitiesnetwork.org.
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2,163 Georgian citizens have requested asylum in Germany between January and August 2021, making for a total five percent of applications, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) says.
1,811 Georgian citizens requested asylum in Germany in the same period of 2020.
In total 108,375 foreigners requested asylum in Germany in the reporting period, mostly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Georgia is among the top ten countries submitting applications for asylum in Germany.
An article published in EU Observer yesterday said that ‘Germany leads objections to Balkan/Eastern visa-free travel’.
The article said that ‘‘unlawful residency and unfounded asylum claims from some western Balkan states, plus Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, is triggering discussions on suspending visa-free travel to the EU’.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has responded that EU-Georgia visa free travel is not at any risk.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani says any information that European Union is suspending the visa-free regime with Georgia is ‘a big lie’. “Georgia is fulfilling all of its obligations and no suspension mechanism will enter into force”, he says.
The number of Georgian asylum seekers has been decreased in Germany by 26.5 per cent, officials figures read.
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.
The number of Georgian citizens seeking asylum in Germany has decreased dramatically in May, compared to the previous data, the statistics from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees of Germany has revealed.
In the first three months of the year, 364 foreign citizens were registered as asylum seekers in Georgia, with 126 Ukrainian nationals and 21 Russian citizens requesting the status in the country, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Friday.
Georgian citizens have submitted 14,970 asylum requests to European Union member states and Schengen Area countries, an increase of 68 percent compared to 2021, the latest report of the European Union Agency for Asylum shows.