Friday, December 5, 2025

Meskhetians are denied residency permit in Georgia

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The House of Justice in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Meskhetians who are being repatriated to Georgia are facing obstacles when trying to obtain a residency permit. Now human rights groups are defending their cases in the courts.

Iunis Arifov has been living in Akhaltsikhe for the last eight years.

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Weak ruble and new immigration law impacting Armenians in Georgia's south

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Statue in Akhalkalaki of Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the Armenian alphabet. (Interpressnews.)

It is a hard winter for ethnic Armenians living in Georgia’s southern Samtskhe-Javakheti region. The fall of the ruble has led to less money being sent home from relatives who have found jobs in Russia, and Georgia’s new immigration law is forcing people

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Georgia's controversial new immigration law may be changed

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Irakli Garibashvili made the comment while inspecting the grape harvesting in Kakheti. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government may change a new controversial law on immigration that has caused a wave of confusion and irritation in the country’s expat community.

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said this during a visit to the eastern Kakheti region

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