In 3 months, 441 foreign citizens registered as asylum seekers in Georgia, of which 242 people were citizens of Ukraine, and 34 - citizens of Russia - in the same period, 53 people were deported from Georgia
In the second quarter of the current year, the number of both asylum seekers and persons granted humanitarian status increased in Georgia.
In particular, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in three months (April, May, June) 441 citizens of foreign countries were registered as asylum seekers in Georgia, of which the most - 242 persons are citizens of Ukraine. 34 of the registered asylum seekers are citizens of the Russian Federation; Iran - 48, Turkey - 44; Egypt - 11.
As for the granting of humanitarian status, in the second quarter of 2022, a total of 201 citizens of foreign countries received this status, 185 of them are citizens of Ukraine; Afghanistan - 7; Yemen - 3; Syria - 3. During this period, no citizen of Russia received humanitarian status.
In the mentioned three months, refugee status was granted to a total of 8 citizens of foreign countries, including 4 from Afghanistan; Egypt - 1; 1 Syrian and 2 persons of unidentified nationality.
A total of 238 citizens of foreign countries, including 13 from Russia, were refused status in the given period; Iran - 97; Jordan - 38; 20 citizens of Iraq and 19 citizens of Turkey.
In three months, a total of 53 citizens of foreign countries were deported from Georgia, including 9 from Azerbaijan; Russia - 2; Iran - 9, and Turkey - 5.
As for the statistics of the first quarter, we remind you that in the first three months of this year (January - March), 364 citizens of foreign countries were registered as asylum seekers in Georgia, of which the most - 126 people - were citizens of Ukraine, and 21 - citizens of Russia. A total of 51 asylum seekers received humanitarian status in the first quarter of the year, 13 of them from Ukraine and none from Russia, as well as 21 from Afghanistan and 7 from Yemen.
Refugee status was not granted to citizens of Ukraine or Russia during this period. A total of 9 citizens of foreign countries received this status, including citizens of Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey.
For reference, refugee status shall be granted to a person who is not a citizen of Georgia or to a stateless person permanently residing in Georgia, or to a person who is in Georgia and has a reasonable fear that he/she may become a victim of persecution on the basis of race, religion, denomination, ethnicity, or for belonging to a particular social group, or for political opinions, and, because of such fear, can not or does not want to return to his/her country of origin or to enjoy the protection of such country.
Humanitarian status shall be granted to a person who is not a citizen of Georgia, or is a stateless person permanently residing in Georgia, who fails to meet the conditions for granting refugee status and meets any of the following: was forced to leave his/her country of origin due to violence, external aggression, occupation, internal conflicts, mass violations of human rights or significant violations of public order; Can not be forcibly returned to the country of origin and can not travel to another country for legal reasons, in particular the international responsibilities undertaken by Georgia; May face serious life threatening conditions and/or a violation of his/her rights if he/she returns to the country of origin.
