Georgia deports 96 foreign citizens for immigration violations

Georgia has deported 96 foreign nationals in recent days as part of immigration enforcement operations carried out by the Interior Ministry's Migration Department, the ministry said on Thursday.

Those deported included citizens of Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, China, Russia, India, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Belarus, Cuba, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Albania, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan and Thailand, as well as several other countries.

The Interior Ministry said all of those deported have also been banned from re-entering Georgia in accordance with the country's immigration legislation.