Géorgie
Being African in Tbilisi
Il y a 5 ans
On a rainy evening in Tbilisi, I’m sitting in an outdoor café in the city centre, with my friend Richard and some friends of his from Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire. Since July, Richard and I have been meeting in this café nearly every week, when he comes into town from the reception centre 40 km away. [...]
41 Georgians deported by FRONTEX on 11th October
Il y a 5 ans
(en français ci-dessus)
At 3pm yesterday, Thursday 11th October, a charter flight from Vienna arrived at Tbilisi airport in Georgia. On board were 41 Georgians who had been deported from the European Union.
Since the readmission agreement signed between the EU and Georgia in March 2011, FRONTEX [...]
The emigré vote
Il y a 5 ans
Georgia, like many post-Soviet states, is a country with an enduring history of emigration. Whilst the official population of Georgia is 4.5 million, some claim that some 25% of those holding Georgian citizenship are living abroad. When you consider the contested upcoming elections, that’s an [...]
Merab – the exception that proves the rule?
Il y a 5 ans
Merab’s hostel lobby is crowded with English men mid-way to Monogolia, where they will donate the car they are driving there and take the plane back home. Twenty of them taking part in the ‘race’ to Mongolia stayed in Merab’s hostel last night, one of the few cheap places to stay in a city where [...]
Going against the tide: overland to Georgia
Il y a 5 ans
Travelling east through Europe by land goes against one conceptual and one actual tide. First of all, the tide of expectations, which dictates that a western European with certain means at her disposal should really take a flight when she’s going to somewhere which is several thousand kilometres [...]