Friday, December 5, 2025

France concerned over rise in asylum applications by Georgian citizens

TBILISI, DFWatch–Authorities in France are concerned over a sharp increase in asylum requests by Georgian and Albanian citizens, according to the influential French daily newspaper Le Figaro. The paper based its report on information from the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA). In the first four months of 2019, asylum … Read more

Georgian asylum seekers to Europe down 13% in April

 

Asylum applications by Georgian nationals between April 2016 and April 2018. (www.easo.europa.eu)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of Georgians who sought asylum in Schengen countries dropped 13 percent in April, compared to the month before, but the small Caucasus nation is still over-represented.

Despite a modest population of 3.7 million, Georgia still ranks among

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