Stories Untold - Return of Georgian Migrants: Ineza Dolaberidze

I was a migrant for 15 years. I am a nurse by profession, but I haven’t worked in this field. We took a big loan from a bank. So, I decided to migrate to save the family.

In 2003, I went to Greece. In exactly 6 days after arrival I found a job and I worked for one family for 11 years. In 2012, I first came back and stayed in Georgia for 4 years. I thought that I was helping the family while I was away, but I found out that everything was collapsing, and I was the only one who could fix it. I already had grandchildren and in 2016, when I decided to leave again, but this time I found it very difficult. I was missing my village; I was missing everything and in 2018 I came back. With the money that I collected and with IOM’s support, I bought chicks. We have a big farm and we grow and sell chickens, but we want to expand. I want to stay in my village, in my house, I cannot live without all this.
 

Photo: Dina Oganova