60 Georgian citizens deported from Sweden, Germany
International observer of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex, Irma Tsiramua, said that the deported citizens name poverty and health problems as the reason for leaving Georgia. Photo: Formula TV.
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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.
International observer of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex, Irma Tsiramua, said that the deported citizens name poverty and health problems as the reason for leaving Georgia.
Tsiramua said that Frontex has recorded 30 cases of deportation of Georgian citizens from European countries in 2021.
2,561 Georgian citizens have been deported from foreign states between January and September of 2019, the Georgian Interior Ministry says.
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.
Police in Cyprus have detained 17 Georgian citizens for illegally staying in the country.
Greek police have arrested a 40-year-old Georgian national who was caught driving a refrigerated truck with 41 migrants in the back, the Guardian reports.
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.