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New amendments to migration law are submitted to parliament by Georgia’s Interior Ministry
A package of legislative amendments related to migration has been submitted to parliament for consideration by Georgia’s Interior Ministry. Foreigners who commit crimes or overstay, as well as the procedure to receive asylum, are the main target of the amendments.
To overview the amendments, the Interior Ministry published a brief statement on Thursday that is going to appear on the parliamentary website. The ministry says that they prepared the amendments to ‘improve the fight against illegal migration and refine regulations related to the granting of asylum’ and to met the directives of the European Parliament and Council.
The introduction of a new type of punishment to the Georgian Criminal Code is the first change listed in Thursday’s official statement. According to it, a foreigner must be expulsed from Georgia without the right of entry into Georgia for a specific period of time. They will also add a new administrative penalty to the Code of Administrative Offences, featuring the same punishment.
Nevertheless, there were no details the kind of crimes these penalties would apply to, nor about the period of the ban of entry duration.
Additionally, the fines for foreigners who violated the rules of staying on Georgian territory would increase, but it will become significantly easier to expel foreigners illegally staying in the country.
Also, the legislative package will include an accelerated system in regards to the asylum procedure, while the time limits for review and appeal will be ‘significantly reduced’. The procedure for submitting decisions will also become easier.
Furthermore, an amendment that would introduce a new mechanism according to which asylum could be considered at the state border, without allowing the asylum seeker to enter Georgian territory if their entry ‘poses a threat to state security’, was also listed by the ministry. There were no details about the basis of decision making, nor about decision makers.
The last amendment that the ministry listed would restrict the issuance of a residence permit to any foreigner who has been investigated with the intention of expulsion, or who already has received an expulsion order.
At present, they allow a visa-free entry to Georgia for a period of one year, which resets every time one leaves the country and reenters, to citizens from over 90 countries. As for activities one can do in Georgia within the one-year period, whether that be traveling, working, or studying, there are also few ostensible restrictions.
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