Georgia operates a dedicated immigration detention centre in Tbilisi called the Temporary Accommodation Centre. The facility opened in 2014 following negotiations for a visa-free regime with the European Union. An “Action Plan” developed as part of these negotiations provided that Georgia must have “adequate infrastructure (including detention centres)… to ensure… effective expulsion of illegally staying […]
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Georgia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Georgia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Georgia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Georgia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Georgia: Country Page Georgia: Tbilisi Temporary Accommodation Centre Georgia: International Law […]
Georgia: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Georgia office reported that the country applied a full moratorium on new immigration detention orders during the state of emergency that lasted two months (21 March to 22 May) due to Covid-19. IOM Georgia stated that they were aware of an […]
Temporary Accommodation Centre (from report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2018 visit to Georgia)
B. Establishments for foreign nationals deprived of their liberty under aliens legislation; (Read full CPT report)32. The CPT’s delegation carried out a first-time visit to Georgia’s only immigration detentionfacility (opened in 2014), the Temporary Accommodation Centre of the Migration Department ofthe Ministry of Internal Affairs (hereafter, TAC or the Centre). Located in Varketili district ofTbilisi, […]
