Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Few Roma families take part in elections in Georgia

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The lack of formal registration makes it difficult to know the exact number of Romas who live in Georgia. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Meliasanovs, a Roma family of nine, did not participate in the last presidential elections, because they are registered far from where they actually live.

However, they don’t believe that the elections would improve their hard social and financial

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Hard luck if you are a Roma in Tbilisi

Many Roma families lack identity papers and are unable to enrol their children in the school system. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Walking the streets of Tbilisi, at several spots you will see groups of children dressed in worn-out, brightly colored clothes, with dirty hands and faces, asking you for money.

These beggars come from the city’s Roma community. The children you

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