After 4 years of war in Ukraine, one sometimes overlooked side effect is the enormous displacement of people from Belarus and Russia, due to their countries' rapid shift to authoritarianism.
Large numbers of dissidents and oppositionists have ended up in exile in Georgia, as it was the quickest and easiest path to safety. However they are not granted asylum nor residence, so they must live in prolonged uncertainty. For most, returning home is not an option - some await prison sentences, while others simply can't imagine life in a closed regime. And over the last year, Georgia itself is shifting towards authoritarian rule, adding further uncertainty and raising questions about whether it could become the next Belarus or Ukraine.
This project explores life in exile for Europeans who wish for the freedoms enjoyed across the EU, but who instead have been pushed out to the edge, to the so-called “balcony of Europe". How does one cope, make a community and survive in a limbo state, that is becoming less secure all the time?
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