The persecution of Georgians abroad has become especially active after the statement made by the Georgian diplomat David Zalkaliani in Spain.
Relatives of persons detained during the Special Operation in Spain claim that the hunt for the Georgian national began in February 2019, after Davit Zalkaliani arrived in Madrid and assured authorities that Georgia was a safe country.
The Georgian diplomats responded to the emigrants and said that the visit of the Minister is not related to mass deportation.
Over the past few months, deportation of Georgian citizens from European countries is intensified. The returnees found themselves in a more difficult situation than before they left.
The opposition criticizes the government and asks to develop a deportation assistance plan. The opposition does not deny that the illegal presence of Georgian citizens in the EU countries poses a threat to the visa liberalization process, but thinks that the solution is not deportation.
Speaker of the parliament called putting an emphasis on economic hardship the political speculation of the opponents.