Georgia
Latest IDP figure:
Number of refugees:
(Originating from the country)
6,810 (UNHCR, June 2008)
Total Population:
4,47 million
11 October 2007
New IDP strategy awaits implementation
/1C6843F7012494C2C1257371002E1521/$file/Georgia_IDPwomen_cp.jpg) Displaced women from Abkhazia (Kintsuzashvili/SPF, 2006) Tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) from Georgia’s secessionist territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been waiting more than a decade for a solution to their displacement following conflicts which broke out in the early 1990s. The majority of the 220,000 to 247,000 IDPs have found refuge in the region bordering Abkhazia and in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Many of them still live in precarious conditions in former hotels and public buildings, and depend on meagre state benefits. During the past few years, some 45,000 people have returned to the Gali district in eastern Abkhazia, only to find poor conditions and economic prospects.
In order to improve their situation, the Georgian government developed in early 2007 a national strategy on IDPs, drawn up with the support of the international community and civil society organisations. The strategy aims to serve as a foundation for the government’s action plan, which is expected to be implemented with support from the UN and other international partners. As of October 2007, implementation of the strategy had not started.
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