Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Old topic of Mekhetian’s repatriation sparks new controversy

Last week by the initiative of MP Pavle Kublashvili the draft law on “persons deported from Georgia in 1940s by the Soviet Regime” was submitted to the parliament. According to Kublashvili, who is the author of this draft version, the draft version aims to provide legal tools for repatriation of the deportees and their descendants to their historic homeland.

The draft law proposes that deportees and their family members, including their grandchildren, will be eligible for repatriation. According to the proposal, those willing to return should apply at the nearest Georgian consulate or at the Georgian Ministry of Refugees and Accommodation, any time between January 1 and December 31, 2008. [More]

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