Attitudes of the indigenous population of Batumi to the Living and recently migrated other ethnic groups

(According to a sociological survey)

Abstract

The relevance of the research topic relates to the fact that recently there has been a sharp increase in the number of foreigners in Batumi; there also has been a rise of political activation among the local population of non-Georgian origin. Therefore, city of Batumi is of considerable interest. The attitude of the Georgian population of Batumi towards this issue. The purpose of our research is, through a sociological survey of representatives of the Georgian nationality in Batumi, to highlight the issues related to one or another socio-political and economic aspects of non-Georgians (including mainly foreigners) living in the city.

The fact that Batumi is distinguished for its multi-ethnic composition significantly increases the degree of reliability of the research. Based on these circumstances, it is clear that the Georgians from Batumi, with one frequency or another, always communicated with the representatives of other nations, which leads to a high level of reliability of their answers.

As for themes of the research, it follows a scheme that includes: Duration of life in Batumi; Attitude of Georgians towards non-Georgians living in Batumi in general; Have relatives or friends of non-Georgian origin; The existence of any kind of fact that there is any kind of harassment of non-Georgians by the state, certain groups of people or individuals; Attitude to foreign businesses in Batumi; The role of foreign business in Batumi to employment of indigenous population of Batumi; Attitude to foreigners who came to work in Batumi; A point of view on the prospects of further life of settled in Georgia foreigners and local non-Georgians in Batumi; Problems of illegal migration; The issue of granting Georgian citizenship and residence rights to foreigners; Difficulties in granting Georgian citizenship to persons of Georgian nationality from abroad; Expediency of entering of an Arab company “Eagle Hills“.

In general, we can say that the main goal of the research topic is to outline the main problems that exist in relation to foreigners living in Batumi through sociological research. The relevance of the topic is due to the recent increase in the flow of foreigners to the city and the attitude of the Georgian population of Batumi towards this serious problem.