Over 10,000 Georgian citizens asked for asylum last year

In 2008, the index estimated 5,454 people.

Georgia was included in the list of 10 countries, whose citizens seek a refuge abroad most often.

Georgia is also the first country for a pace of increase in number of citizens looking for job abroad.

The government attributes the figures to social problems.

Previously President Mikheil Saakashvili set a task to return emigrants by attractive conditions in Georgia.


/Georgia Times/