Migration agreement with Georgia: German • Table.Briefings

By Sonja Schiffers and Kirsten Krampe

Sonja Katharina Schiffers heads the South Caucasus office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Tbilisi, Kirsten Krampe works on migration at hbs.

The migration agreement between Germany and Georgia has been in place since December 2023, and Georgia has been considered a safe country of origin for just as long. However, the increasingly repressive policies in Tbilisi make it necessary to rethink the German view of the country, write Sonja Katharina Schiffers and Kirsten Krampe from the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

One year ago, on Dec. 19, 2023, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser signed a migration agreement in Tbilisi together with her Georgian counterpart Vakhtang Gomelauri. The changed political situation in Georgia now requires a look at the objectives pursued by the agreement and a reassessment with regard to political persecution.

Migration agreement with Georgia: Germany must take a close look

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