{"id":177437,"date":"2026-02-27T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177437\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"georgia-rejects-22-asylum-requests-from-belarusians-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177437\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia rejects 22 asylum requests from Belarusians in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Georgia turned down 22 asylum requests from Belarusians in 2025 and has not granted a single application in the last five years, according to data from the national police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2019 Georgia rejected 78 applications from Belarusians, with 50 refusals reported in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, Georgia granted asylum to 14 applicants, including eight Turks, one Iranian, one Russian, an individual with dual citizenship and three individuals with unidentified citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 3,700 Belarusians hold Georgian residence permits,&nbsp;<em>Tbilisi Life<\/em>&nbsp;reported citing Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia is home to about 12,000 Belarusians, who fled their country for fear of reprisals but their number keeps shrinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/migration-departament-georgia-new-20260224-RK-315x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/migration-departament-georgia-new-20260224-RK-315x236.jpg 315w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/migration-departament-georgia-new-20260224-RK-653x490.jpg 653w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/migration-departament-georgia-new-20260224-RK-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/migration-departament-georgia-new-20260224-RK.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Tbilisi court sends asylum denial ruling against Belarusians for review<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 24, Pozirk. The Tbilisi City Court has sent a decision denying asylum to a Belarusian couple \u2014 activists in the Belarusian community in Adjara \u2014 back to Georgia\u2019s Migration Department for review, human rights defender Raman Ki\u015blak told Pozirk. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/177025\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 27, Pozirk. Georgia turned down 22 asylum requests from Belarusians in 2025 and has not granted a single application in the last five years, according to data from the national police. Since 2019 Georgia rejected 78 applications from Belarusians, with 50 refusals reported in 2024. In 2025, Georgia granted asylum to 14 applicants, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-177437","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Georgia rejects 22 asylum requests from Belarusians in 2025 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 27, Pozirk. 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