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No. 60 · Saturday, 29 August 2026

More Than 100,000 Russians Cross Into Georgia in a Week Amid New Mobilization Fears

Illegal ImmigrationGeorgiaRussia
So what?  Even allowing for the dispute over the exact daily count, a weekly outflow in the tens of thousands through one of the only land routes reachable without a visa is likely to keep building into September as the rumored mobilization announcement approaches — a repeat, at meaningfully larger scale, of the September 2022 exodus. The relevance here is less about direct US border effects than the strain sustained Caucasus outmigration puts on regional partners’ capacity to screen and process arrivals responsibly.
Developing · Sources: United24 Media · Charter97 (Aug 28)
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Mission areas Illegal Immigration
Region Europe
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