emigrants
Voices of Georgian emigrants — ‘They treated us like dogs’
Since the 1990s, thousands of Georgians have left home in search of opportunities abroad, pushed out by food poverty, debts, unemployment, or to escape violence in the family. Below are stories from three women who braved landmines, hidden containers, and frozen seas in search for a better future in Greece. Leila — four hours in the icy sea ‘I left because of my children. They graduated from secondary school and I didn’t have the means to send them to higher education. Of course, I wa
