Davit Darakhvelidze

Refugee Minister Davit Darakhvelidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–543 refugee families have been given apartments for one lari a piece from the government.

Refugee Minister Davit Darakhvelidze said on Thursday that the apartments are in Tbilisi, Rustavi, Mtskheta, Borjomi, Chiatura, Kutaisi, Tskaltubo and Batumi.

According to Darakhvelidze, 1635 families were given apartments last year, and the government plans to donate living quarters to several thousand refugee families this year.

According to data from the Refugee Ministry, there are 88 499 registered refugee families in Georgia.