3,684 citizens of Georgia were refused to travel to Schengen zone from January 2021 to September 2022

From January 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022, Georgian border guards refused a total of 3,684 citizens of Georgia to travel to the Schengen zone.

InterPressNews requested the above information from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

1922 cases of refusal to travel to the Schengen zone were recorded during 2021 and 1810 during the last 9 months.

In the period from January 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022, the most - 325 citizens of Georgia were not allowed to enter the Schengen zone in December 2021.

It should be noted that the statistics of refusal to travel to the Schengen zone have been increasing sharply from June 2021. For example, 17 and 60 cases of refusal were registered in April and May 2021 respectively, while in June the mentioned figure amounted to 190.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs does not specify the most frequent criteria for which Georgian citizens were refused to travel to the Schengen zone.