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Bulgaria will reintroduce a curfew at all refugee shelters in the country within a few days, State Agency for Refugees head Nikola Kazakov said on January 29. Kazakov headed the […]
Two more refugee centres will be built in southern Bulgaria, with an information campaign to be conducted to persuade residents of the area to accept ...
Bulgaria’s cabinet has returned Nikola Kazakov, who headed the State Agency for Refugees from 2010 to 2013, to the post after firing his success ...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling for action to stop the use of so-called ghost ships to transport migrants across the Med ...
A group of Bulgarian cabinet ministers was to meet on January 5 to discuss how to improve border security and the state’s response to an expected increase in the number […]
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and Bulgaria signed on December 5 2014 a “special support plan” which provides for EASO tailor-made support to Bulgaria to be implemented over a […]
A 30-second television advert, launched on November 24 2014 and expected to be seen by millions of Bulgarians over the next month, is part of an innovative anti-xenophobia campaign which […]
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has been concentrating its efforts against human traffickers exploiting the refugee influx, with the country arresting 472 traffickers since the beginning of August – 121 in October […]
Instability in the Middle East is creating strong migratory pressure on Bulgaria and the European Union, and Bulgaria intends asking the EU and other partners for support and assistance, caretaker […]
The European Union should address the issues that are causing waves of refugees, the heads of state of nine EU countries agreed at an Arraiolos Group meeting in Portugal, with […]
