03.08.2008 - Source: Civil Georgia

South Ossetia: Over 500 children and women leave volatile region for Russia’s North Ossetia ("Over 500 S. Ossetians Sent to N.Ossetia") [ID 24196]

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10.03.2006 - Source: Civil Georgia

Russia partially resumed issuing visas to Georgian citizens; consular department of the Russian Embassy in Georgia stopped issuing visas to Georgian citizens, except for "cases of a humanitarian character" on 21 February ("Russia Partially Resumes Visas for Georgia") [#46652],  [ID 6097]

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06.2002 - Source: US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

USCR: Refugees from Georgia comprised 70 percent of all recognized refugees in the Russian Federation ("Country Report Russian Federation 2002") [#10648],  [ID 6098]

"At the end of 2001, the Russian Federation hosted about 28,200 refugees and asylum seekers in need of protection. [...] Refugees from Georgia comprised 70 percent of all recognized refugees. [...]
Nearly all forced migrants registered at the end of 2001 came from two regions: Central Asia (69 percent, or 432,815 persons) and the Caucasus (18 percent, or 111,544 persons). By country or region of origin, the largest number of forced migrants came from Kazakhstan (259,827), followed by Chechnya (87,258—27,109 fewer than in 2000), Uzbekistan (80,306), Tajikistan (59,190), Georgia (30,361), Kyrgyzstan (23,907), North Ossetia (22,111), and Azerbaijan (20,740).
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Russia’s North Ossetia, in turn, hosted 1,653 Georgian refugees, most from Georgia’s South Ossetia, at year’s end."

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