Romani people in Georgia (country) explained

Romani people in Georgia are citizens of Georgia which are of Romani descent. 604 Romani people officially live in Georgia,^[1] most of which live in Tbilisi.^{[2] [3]}

Many of these Roma came from other parts of the former Soviet Union. A large influx of Romani people fled eastern Ukraine and Moldova to Georgia due to the Soviet famine of 1930–1933.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. https://tdi.ge/en/page/georgian-roma#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20official%20information,their%20number%20may%20reach%203000 Georgian Roma
2. Web site: Roma People, a Stateless Community in Georgia. Georgia Today on the Web. 10 December 2023.
3. Szakonyi . David . 2008 . No Way Out: An Assessment of the Romani Community in Georgia . European Centre for Minority Issues Working Paper #39.
4. Web site: The Roma Community in Latvia. rm.coe.int.
5. “The Gypsies (Dom – Lom – Rom) in Georgia” by Vesselin Popov (2014). Prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani Studies.0