Out-migration is an important issue for Georgia as
well as since independence has loosed due to emigration one fifth of
its population. During Soviet time out-migration from USSR was
almost impossible and one of the most important instruments in
regulating population movement within the Soviet Union was the
system of compulsory residential registrations, so-called “propiska”.
Since independent here was not any regulation for migration from
Georgia. The majorities of Georgian migrants go abroad by tourist
visa and then overstay, becoming the irregular labor migrants. The
official statistics on migration published for this period was based on
the administrative system of population registration, were
insignificant in terms of numbers and did not represent the real scope
of these migration movements. This paper discusses the data quality
and methodology of migration statistics in Georgia and we are going
to answer the questions: what is the real reason of increasing
immigration flows according to the official numbers since 2000s?
[1] Badurashvili I. and Kapanadze E., 2003–South-Caucasian Region:
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, in: Kalev Katus and Allan Puur
(eds.), Unity and Diversity of Population Development: Baltic and
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Research Centre, Tallinn.
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Population of Georgia, 2003.
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Demographic Yearbook of Georgia, 2012. Tbilissi: UNFPA, Ilia State
University, Institute of Demography and Sociology. Tbilisi.
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the 2010 Censuses of Population and Housing. UN, EUROSTAT, NY
and Geneva.
[1] Badurashvili I. and Kapanadze E., 2003–South-Caucasian Region:
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, in: Kalev Katus and Allan Puur
(eds.), Unity and Diversity of Population Development: Baltic and
South-Caucasian Regions, p. 1-48. – Estonian Interuniversity Population
Research Centre, Tallinn.
[2] Robia Charles, 2010-Religiosity and Trust in Religious Institutions:
Tales from the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia), In:
Politics and Religion. Volume special Issue 02. pp 228-261.
[3] State Department for Statistics of Georgia, 2003-Statistical Abstract
Population of Georgia, 2003.
[4] Tsuladze G., 2014–Demographic Yearbook of Georgia 2013. pp. 16-17,
303.
[5] Tsuladze G., Maglaperidze, N., and Vadachkoria, A., 2011-
Demographic Yearbook of Georgia, 2012. Tbilissi: UNFPA, Ilia State
University, Institute of Demography and Sociology. Tbilisi.
[6] World population prospects. The 2012 revision 2013 – UN, NY.
[7] Stephen Castles, 2004-Why Migration Policies Fail. Ethnic and Racial
Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 205-227 on p. 205.
[8] UN, 2006–Conference of European Statisticians Recommendations for
the 2010 Censuses of Population and Housing. UN, EUROSTAT, NY
and Geneva.
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well as since independence has loosed due to emigration one fifth of
its population. During Soviet time out-migration from USSR was
almost impossible and one of the most important instruments in
regulating population movement within the Soviet Union was the
system of compulsory residential registrations, so-called “propiska”.
Since independent here was not any regulation for migration from
Georgia. The majorities of Georgian migrants go abroad by tourist
visa and then overstay, becoming the irregular labor migrants. The
official statistics on migration published for this period was based on
the administrative system of population registration, were
insignificant in terms of numbers and did not represent the real scope
of these migration movements. This paper discusses the data quality
and methodology of migration statistics in Georgia and we are going
to answer the questions: what is the real reason of increasing
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