Georgia Transnational Issues 2016, CIA World Factbook

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Georgia Transnational Issues 2016

SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Disputes - international:
Russia's military support and subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence in 2008 continue to sour relations with Georgia

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 265,267 (displaced in the 1990s as a result of armed conflict in the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia; displaced in 2008 by fighting between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia) (2015)
stateless persons: 770 (2014)

Illicit drugs:
limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates via Central Asia to Western Europe and Russia

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Georgia Transnational Issues 2016 https://allcountries.org/world_fact_book_2016/georgia/georgia_issues.html SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES