GEORGIA

A package of legislative amendments "On International Protection" was prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. The package of amendments has been submitted to the legislative body for consideration. According to the amendments: ✓ A new type of punishment is added to the Criminal Code - expulsion of an alien from Georgia and a ban on entering Georgia for a specified period; ✓ A new type of administrative penalty is added to the Code of Administrative Offenses - expulsion of an alien from Georgia and a ban on entering Georgia; ✓ Fines are increased for aliens who have violated the rules of stay on the territory of Georgia; ✓ The procedure for expelling aliens illegally staying in the country is significantly simplified. In order to prevent abuse of the asylum procedure: ✓ An accelerated asylum review procedure is introduced for aliens who have not requested asylum within 1 month of entering the country; ✓ A new mechanism is introduced, according to which "A...

 It was morning and I had to buy bread and cheese and other ingredients for breakfast. Near our house in Tbilisi, most bakeries and dairy shops only accept cash because they don’t have a bank terminal to accept Visa, Mastercard, etc. So I went to the ATM to get some cash with my bank card. After inserting my bank card into the ATM, it seemed like my card was erased, yes, the ATM had swallowed my bank card. At that time, I had no cash or bank card so that I could at least buy something from the supermarket and have a snack in the morning. I had to wait until 10 am for the TBC Bank branch next to the ATM to open and start working. When the bank branch opened to the public, I think I was the first customer to enter the bank. I told the bank operator about the incident and she replied: - If you want to get your bank card from this branch, I will register your application. You need to wait at least 5 business days for the card to arrive. - I didn't know it takes 5 days for the card to a...

With the help of Rights Georgia , J.G., a citizen of Iran, was granted refugee status in Georgia. The court case against the Migration Department of the Ministry of Interior lasted 8 years. While living in Iran, J.G. worked at a training center and taught blogging. He has published 2 books and is the author of numerous articles. He spoke openly about the protests and movements after the presidential elections in Iran and gave interviews to such media as VOA. He published articles and blogs on the political and socio-economic structure of Iran. He expressed his desire to actively cooperate with America and implement changes in Iran's political system and signed petitions sent to the U.S. president. Iran's security services have been trying to cooperate with the blogger since 1996, asking him to provide information about his students and associates. In 2009, his educational department was closed. In 2010, the security service accused him of collaborating with anti-Islamic organiz...

The killing of Mahsa Amini by the police has caused a wide reaction among Iranians and even the world. The story of this murder is a reminder of all kinds of methods of repression against the people of Iran and genocide in the country. Every Iranian, upon hearing the story of Mahsa, reviews a part of himself or  relatives' life in it. The Morality Police is a massive institution of repression The Morality  Police is a repressive institution that oppresses various groups, including women and youth, with violent methods. The special patrol of this institution which is known as the Gashte Ershad (guidance patrol)  is responsible for arresting people and transferring them to special detention centers. Daily observations indicate the violent behavior of the officers along with cursing and beating the arrested, of which numerous videos and reports have been published on social networks, but these are only part of the suppression process. The rough behavior of  The Moralit...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by قفقازستان (@ghafghazestan) Different regions in Georgia have their own dances, including the Racha  region, whose dance is called rachuli. This dance is performed with special music called rachuli music. The dancers often wear a special costume which is the traditional costume of the Racha region. Men and women participate in the rachuli dance together, but their traditional clothes are different. Racha (რაჭა) is a high area in the northwest of Georgia. Two cities, Oni and Ambrolauri , are located in this area. Residents of Racha are known to be slow among Georgians, but on the contrary, rachuli dance is very fast and dynamic. Rachuli music and dance often starts with a slow rhythm but gradually accelerates to a dizzying speed. In rachuli music, an instrument called  gudastviri   is used, which has different types. In Racha, it is called stviri. The stviri is made from the skin and horn of a sheep ...

PM Garibashvili meets with Carl Hartzell to hand over the EU Questionnaire's Second Part. Photo: Georgian Government's Press Office Georgia Submitted  the second part of the EU membership questionnaire on May 10. This part contains several questions about asylum process so we can expect improvement in this field. These are list of questions in EU  Questionnaire for Georgia: Q. Please provide information on legislation or other rules governing the asylum policy.  Q. Describe the asylum procedure at first and second instances: a) Normal, exceptional (for instance border) and accelerated procedures; b) Provide number and types of appeals during the last five years; c) Explain which bodies are competent for each type of appeal possible to make use of; d) Provide assessment of the average duration of the procedures; e) Identification of services involved and number of staff dedicated to asylum procedures; f) Methodology for gathering country of origin information.  Q. Is ...

  photo: parliment.ge The Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee of parliament of Georgia discusses the Bill on International Protection in an expedited manner. According to the bill expulsion of refused asylum seeker shall be admissible.  According to one of the initiators of the Bill on International Protection, Guram Macharashvili the foreign citizen or a stateless person shall not be considered an asylum-seeker and shall not be subject to the non-expulsion principle as stipulated under the Law if his/her application for the commencement of the asylum procedures and repeated international protection has been declined under the individual administrative-legal act, parliament.ge reports.  “The extradition of a hereof person to a foreign state or his/her expulsion from Georgia shall be admissible. The same regulations shall apply in case of the recall of the claim or the appeal by the asylum-seeker, appeal of the Court ruling on the hereof claim, and the re-appea...