Parliament EU Integration Committee Chair: “We will continue to work with EU to reduce illegal migration from Georgia”
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Friday said authorities would continue working with member countries of the bloc to reduce illegal migration from Georgia. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Friday said authorities would continue working with member countries of the bloc to reduce illegal migration from Georgia.
In comments on the European Commission’s sixth report on the fulfilment of visa-free obligations by Eastern Partnership countries and the Balkan states, Botchorishvili said the report was “quite positive”.
The cooperation between Georgia and the European Union, as well as the cooperation with EU member states, is evaluated as positive. The percentage of [asylum request] refusal is 50 percent, which is due to the fact that, in most cases, applications of asylum seekers are unsubstantiated and are not granted”, she said.
Botchorishvili also added it was “important” for Georgian citizens to “know that seeking illegal ways” to stay in EU member states was “harmful not only for the country, but also for them”.
Georgia’s Border Police has installed electronic alarm systems and obstacle fences at three locations along the border to improve monitoring of the areas of the state boundary, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Georgia continues to fulfil visa liberalisation benchmarks and has taken action to address the European Commission’s previous recommendations, the sixth report of the Commission on the fulfilment of visa-free obligations by Eastern Partnership countries and the Balkan states said on Thursday.
A total of 1,070 Georgian citizens have been deported from several European Union member states over the past three months for violations of mandatory terms of stay in the countries, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Georgia continues to fulfil visa liberalisation benchmarks and has taken action to address the European Commission’s previous recommendations, the fifth report of the Commission on the fulfilment of visa-free obligations by Eastern Partnership countries and the Balkan states said on Monday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday said the Georgian Government would “consider all recommendations” in the sixth report of the European Commission on the fulfilment of visa-free obligations by Eastern Partnership countries and the Balkan states and follow up on their implementation.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Saturday said Georgia’s partners “appreciated” the progress achieved by the country over the years.
Davit Matikashvili, an MP for the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said the country would receive the European Union membership candidate status later this year, leading to a "bitter defeat" for the domestic “radical” opposition.