Deportation of Georgians Increased in 2017

Non-Governmental Organization Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) has released a report, according to which 11,428 Georgians were deported from foreign states in 2015-2017.

A total of 3688 Georgian citizens were deported in 2015. This number decreased to 3601 but in 2017, it increased to 4126 deportations.

Georgians in 2017 were deported from: Turkey– 1868, Germany – 457, Israel – 440, Russia – 281, France – 167, Sweden – 127, Switzerland – 83, Italy – 82, Belgium – 70 and Greece – 67.

The NGO says that in the last three years, the deportation of Georgians from Turkey, Israel and Greece has decreased.

However, the cases of deportation from Germany doubled. The number of cases of deportation from Russia, France, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium has also increased.

By Thea Morrison

Photo source: IDFI