During the month of the visa-free regime between Georgia and the European Union, 26 Georgians refused entry to the EU.

This is reported by the European Pravda with reference to Agenda. Ge.

According to the chairman of the parliamentary committee for European integration, Tamar Khulordava, from March 28 to April 27, 11700 citizens of Georgia used visa-free travel to the EU, and only 26 persons were denied entry.

As the deputy noted, at first there were fears that to deny entry to many citizens.

"It was with great pleasure that I learned that at the entrance was refused for objective reasons," said Khulordava.

So, they refused to those who did not have a biometric passport or could not justify the purpose of their visit.

According to the deputy, the statistics of the first month is "very good", but the need to further inform citizens about the rules of "visa-free travel".

As is known, on a visa-free regime, a border guard has the right to request from travelers about the purpose of the visit and may refuse entry if there are no supporting documents; Also a border guard can refuse entry and if there is a visa.

By the beginning of the visa-free regime in Georgia, there was an extremely high level of denials in Schengen visas - more than 12% for 2016 As reported by the "Observer", on February 2 the European Parliament approved a "visa-free" for Georgia.

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