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A Tale of Two Georgias? FOCUS Issue no: 1201 • NOVEMBER 8 - 11, 2019 • PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY PRICE: GEL 2.50 In this week’s issue... Number of Georgian Emigrants Up NEWS PAGE 2 The Minister of Education Mikheil Batiashvili Resigns POLITICS PAGE 4 Lithuanian Advice on Dealing with Russia’s Hybrid Warfare POLITICS PAGE 6 The Intricacies of Church & State Life POLITICS PAGE 7 On Vano Merabishvili’s FOCUS Imminent Release POLITICS PAGE 7 ON IDENTITY Georgia may face clashes this CEO of Informational weekend on the airing of a fi lm Highway Technologies SA: about a young homosexual PAGE 4 Georgia is Very Attractive for Companies like Mine BUSINESS PAGE 8 A Tale of Two Georgias? Ren Zhengfei's Northern BLOG BY SOPHIE KATSARAVA MBE – CHAIR European Media OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AT THE PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA Roundtable, Part 3 BUSINESS PAGE 10 oes Georgia struggle to tell the story of her progress today? And The Personal Letter Ryan if so, where does the problem lie? Do we fi nd it hard to convince our Smith’s Mother Wrote to Western friends that, in fact, eve- Drything we do aims to make Georgia a reliable, her Family’s Murderer true friend to the West? Why do we get over- whelmed by waves of negativity and false nar- SOCIETY PAGE 13 ratives? And why do we allow ourselves to be undermined by those pursuing their own inter- Misha Avsajanishvili Judges ests rather than publicising more of the positive progress Georgia has made? the First Bocuse D’Or To put my thoughts into perspective, let’s remind ourselves of a story you have heard many National Competition times and yet remains relevant and important: Once Georgia regained its independence in the CULTURE PAGE 15 early 90s, the ‘century’s project’ of the Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan pipeline was launched to improve Geor- gia’s standing in the world. After decades of Soviet occupation, independence was followed by a long Special Offer for readers period of turbulence, severe civil confrontation, a devastating social-economic crisis, lost territories of Georgia Today and waves of refugees in our own country. Continued on page 4 -15% off all Diet Plans! PAGE 7 GEORGIA TODAY 2 NEWS NOVEMBER 8 - 11, 2019 Public Defender Demands Number of Georgian Emigrants Up Investigation into Allegations BY TEA MARIAMIDZE Voiced against Clergy he 2019 Migration Profi le released by Georgia’s State Commission on Migration Issues reads that the num- ber of emigrants leaving TGeorgia increased last year. The highest number of emigrants in the last four years was recorded in 2018 and amounted to 76,367 people. 57% of Geor- gian emigrants are men. According to UN DESA, the largest number of emi- grants from Georgia live in Russia, how- ever, the number of Georgians emigrating to Russia in recent years has been decreas- ing, and the number of Georgian citizens Image source: Visa center who leave it has been increasing. As a In addition, the Commission says that Turkey on the basis of work, family result, the migration balance of Georgian since the entry into force of visa-free reunifi cation and short-term visits. citizens in Russia has decreased. travel, the rate of refusals for Georgian In addition to migration, the report In addition to Russia, a large number citizens to enter the EU have signifi cantly noted that the number of Georgian citi- of Georgians emigrate to Greece, Ukraine, increased. The highest number of cases zens returning from the EU countries Armenia and Azerbaijan. The number of border-crossing denial was recorded signifi cantly increased in 2018 and is of Georgian applicants asking for per- in 2018, with Germany, Greece, France, expected to continue to rise in the com- manent residence and citizenship in the Cyprus and Poland leading. These are ing years. The countries from which the United States in 2015-2017 was more or the countries (with the exception of most return home are Germany, Greece less stable. In 2017, 1,629 Georgian citi- Cyprus) where the largest number of and France. zens were granted permanent residence Georgian citizens left after the visa-free The number of returning migrants in the United States, and 889 were granted travel was activated on March 28, 2017. within the IOM Voluntary Return and US citizenship. Until 2017, the majority of Georgian Reintegration Program (AVRR) has The number of Georgian citizens hold- citizens were refused entrance the EU increased dramatically in the last two ing a residence permit in the EU is also countries mainly on land borders. How- years. Most of the AVRR program return- might have been committed against increasing. Their number increased by ever, after visa-free travel took effect, ees are from Greece and Germany. BY ANA DUMBADZE minors. 8.5% in 2018 compared to 2017. 60% of the picture changed and the number of Regarding internal migration, the major- "The allegations contain signs of actions Georgian citizens with a residence per- refusals received at the air border in ity of IDPs from the Russian occupied punishable by the Criminal Code of mit are in Greece, Italy and Germany. 2017-2018 signifi cantly exceeded the South Ossetia region live in Mtskheta- ublic Defender Nino Lomjaria Georgia. Accordingly, I urge the law They mainly hold work permits and refusal rate at land and sea borders. Mtianeti and Shida Kartli, and the major- urges the law enforcement enforcement agencies to launch a probe family reunifi cation permits. The number of Georgian nationals ity of IDPs from the other breakaway agencies to launch a probe into each allegation. I also urge anyone After the visa-free regime entered into illegally living in EU member states was region Abkhazia reside in Tbilisi and into allegations of harassment who is aware of alleged criminal actions force, the number of asylum seekers in relatively stable in 2017, but in 2018 the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. and coercion committed by to immediately report to the appropriate EU member states increased signifi cantly. number of such cases increased signifi - “In Georgia, the rural population Pclergy, noting that the allegations contain authorities. I would like to publicly call Most frequently, Georgian citizens seek cantly. Last year, 9,115 Georgian nationals declines annually, which also affects the signs of actions punishable by the Crim- on both the authors of the statements asylum in France and Germany. were identifi ed living illegally in EU overall urban / rural structure. In the inal Code of Georgia. and those who have any information to “The overwhelming majority (about member states, of whom 7,205 were men last four years, the share of urban popu- “In recent days, some clergymen have contact the Public Defender's Offi ce in 95%) of applications fi led by Georgian and 1,910 were women. lation has increased from 57.7% to 58.7%. stated via the media that they are aware order to allow us to gather complete citizens for asylum in the EU are rejected The report reads that the number of Unlike other regions of Georgia, the of alleged sexual harassment and coer- information around the issue and verify by the relevant agencies for the reason Georgian citizens with a residence per- population of Tbilisi and Ajara is sig- cion committed by clergy. They also it. Confi dentiality will be guaranteed that that the claims for asylum are ground- mit in Turkey is on the rise. Citizens of nifi cantly growing,” the Migration Pro- indicated that some of those actions upon request”, she said. less,” the 2019 Migration Profi le reads. Georgia are mainly allowed to live in fi le reads. GEORGIA TODAY 4 POLITICS NOVEMBER 8 - 11, 2019 Right-wing Groups Threaten to Disrupt Screening of First Georgian Film about Gay Love Sandro Bregadze, leader of ultra-con- that they strictly condemn any kind of BY ANA DUMBADZE servative movement Georgian March, violence. condemned the fi lm as “homosexual “There has been a big attack on the propaganda,” stating that those who are Church and national values. There are rom today until Sunday, the going to attend the premiere “are or want some forces that seem to be deeply dis- fi rst Georgian fi lm about gay to be gays and lesbians”. He, just like turbed by the authority of the Church, love titled 'And Then We Vasadze, said he intends to mobilize in the love of the population for God and Danced' is to be shown in Tbi- front of the cinemas along with like- traditional values, and they use various lisi and Batumi cinemas. All minded people and interrupt the screen- methods to shake it,” the Patriarchate Ftickets sold out and several thousand ing of the fi lm. noted. "The Georgian Orthodox Church spectators are expected to show up at Head of the Patriarchate's Public Rela- has always been and will continue to be cinemas in Tbilisi and Batumi. tions Service, Andria Jagmaidze, also categorically incompatible with the pro- However, local right-wing and religious condemned the fi lm. motion and legalization of sin as well as groups have spent the week mobilizing “Movie theaters screening a fi lm about sinful relationships. That is why we fi nd against the premiere of ‘And Then We the love of a gay couple is yet another it unacceptable to show such a movie in Danced,’ threatening to disrupt the attempt to undermine Christian values the cinemas. At the same time, we would screening, stating their belief that the in our society. The Church objects to like to point out that, just like before, we fi lm “undermines Georgian traditions this fervently. This will probably become separate ourselves from violence and and values.” a reason for further attacks on the Church.
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