Practices by Country

The Council of Europe, through its EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement, is promoting improvements in emergency planning, disaster response and risk mitigation for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. EUR-OPA works in particular to:

The Council of Europe’s European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) and Intercultural cities programme (ICC) have joined their expertise to organise a workshop which explored the access and participation of migrants, refugees and asylums seekers to disaster prevention...

This guidebook is part of the information campaign titled “Legal Migration – The Best Choice”, and it is meant to provide useful information to potential and actual migrants as well as other persons interested in the field.

On 16 July, 2015 the government of Georgia has approved the rule on setting up and administration of a Unified Migration Analytical System (UMAS).

The State Commission on Migration Issues was set up on 13 October 2010 on the basis of the Government's Decree No. 314. The Commission is the Government's consultative body to discuss and take decisions on various important issues related to migration management.

The Mobility Centres have been set up to support migrants who have returned to Georgia in their reintegration process and sustain their return as much as possible. Georgian speaking counsellors are available to respond to reintegration needs.

The Government of Georgia strengthened its support of the reintegration of the returned Georgian migrants. There has been allocated special fund in the state budget amounting 400,000 GEL for supporting reintegration of the returned Georgian migrants in 2015.

In Georgia, service halls in municipalities in remote areas have been created to facilitate the reintegration process of returning migrants. They provide local communities with a central and dedicated information point where all services, including vocational trainings, are available.