Georgia deports 63 foreign citizens in latest migration enforcement operation

Georgia’s Interior Ministry said it has deported 63 foreign nationals from the country in recent days as part of intensified measures against illegal migration.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the operation was carried out by the Migration Department in close coordination with other relevant units of the ministry.

Those deported were citizens of 16 countries, including Turkey, India, China, Russia, Nigeria, Turkmenistan, Jordan, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Zambia, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

Under Georgian law, all individuals who were expelled have been banned from re-entering the country, the ministry said.

The MIA added that the total number of foreign nationals deported from Georgia since the beginning of the year has reached 1,302.