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• Two out of four Georgian asylum seekers decided to return back to Georgia
• State Language Commission criticizes the draft law on audio and audiovisual mass media for lack of norms regulating usage of state language

Telegraf reports that two out of four Georgian citizens who appealed for asylum in Latvia already repealed their applications and decided to return back to Georgia. According to a representative of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, victims of war conflicts can be granted only alternative status in Latvia which obliges them to return back to motherland after the end of the war conflict.

The State Language Commission has sent a letter to the Saeima criticizing the draft law on audio and audiovisual mass media for lack of norms regulating usage of state language. The Commission believes that the state language is still endangered, therefore, the legal acts should protect language’s usage in various field including mass media.

The State Language Commission has sent a letter to the Saeima criticizing the draft law on audio and audiovisual mass media for lack of norms regulating usage of state language. The Commission believes that the state language is still endangered, therefore, the legal acts should protect languages usage in various field including mass media. Chas