Georgia

Georgia
(Asia)
   The official figure for Gypsies is 1,744 (1989 census) but in fact there are several thousand living in the Republic. Their economic and social situation is not good. Few are educated, and they were taught Russian rather than Georgian, which puts them at a disadvantage in the job market. Many have Moldovan rather than Georgian citizenship, which debars them from welfare payments. Police harassment of market traders is common. In August 2003, a market incident in Tbilisi escalated into a pogrom: after a non-Roma woman was beaten up by a merchant, the local people then came together and began beating and menacing the Roma community, destroying their places of trade by burning them to the ground. It has been alleged that market officials provoked the incident in order to gain control of Romany trading stalls. A Roma Rights Defense Center has been established.

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