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Current development of Migration management in Georgia

Current development of Migration management in Georgia. Batumi 2011. General Content. Development of migration management (state commission on migration issues). Forming and documenting of migration policy. Visa facilitation and readmission agreement. Document security.

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Current development of Migration management in Georgia

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  1. Currentdevelopment of Migration management in Georgia Batumi 2011

  2. General Content Development of migration management (state commission on migration issues) Forming and documenting of migration policy Visa facilitation and readmission agreement Document security Reform of legislation on aliens

  3. Development of migration management (state commission on migration issues) • Commission is the advisory body of the Georgian Government which was created in October, 2010 according the Decree #134 of the Government of Georgia • The aim of the commission is to support the coherent migration policy elaboration and effective management of migration processes in Georgia Statute and Aim of the commission

  4. Governmental Commission on Migration Issues • Prepare recommendations on migration issues and draft legal acts; • Coordinate state institutions involved in the field of migration in • Georgia; • Facilitate fulfillment of agreements on readmission and simplified • visa regime; • Cooperate with international organizations in the field of migration; • Ensuring social and economic reintegration of returned migrants. Areas of activity

  5. Governmental Commission on Migration Issues Ministry of Justice of Georgia Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ministry of Internal affairs of Georgia Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia Governmental commission on Migration Issues Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development  of Georgia Ministry of Finance of Georgia National Statistics Office of Georgia The Office of the state minister of Georgia for Diaspora Issues Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia The Office of the state minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia

  6. Forming and documenting of migration policy Forming and documenting of migration policy Elaboration of migration concepy Elaboration of migration strategy Updating the migration profile

  7. Visa facilitation and readmission Readmission and visa facilitation agreements are in force since1 March 2011 Rigning the implementation protocols with Estonia, Bulgaria Poland and other countries is an ongoing process Functions between the governmental bodies are defined

  8. Legal basis for the Implementation of Readmission Agreement • President’s Decree No. 225 of April 26, 2011 • Order of Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia No. 367 of May 2, 2011 • Joint Order of Ministers (in the process of elaboration)

  9. Agencies involved in the implementation of the agreement • The competent authority –Ministry of Internal Affairs, Patrol Police • Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Ministry of Justice • Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees

  10. Document security • issuance of biometric passports has started Since 2010. • Initial form of travel document -so called capped passport is abolished since January 2011 • biometric passports are issued to the refugees since 2008, biometric passports – since 2010 • Passport - and all other identification documents preceding issuance of the passport – are issued based on the information of the unified electronic database • Civil acts registration is carried out electronically.

  11. Reform of the legislation on statelessness • Reduction of the number of persons under the risk of becoming stateless • Status of stateless person and procedure of assigning such a status will be defined. • It is planned to join the 1954 UN convention on stateless persons status • Harmonization of Georgian legislation with the 1961 UN convention

  12. Future plans • Forming secretariat of the migration commission and enhancing capacities of commission • Establishment of migration data processing and management information system. • Expending reintegration activities • Revising legislation on alien legal status in accordance with the migration strategy

  13. Thank You for Attention! Tbilisi 2011

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