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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry reports increase in attempts at illegal crossings from Greece

September 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Refugees

Additional police and gendarmerie teams have been sent to the Bulgarian-Greek border following an increase in attempts by migrants to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria increases patrols at borders as migrants try to reach North Macedonia from Greece

April 5, 2019April 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Refugees, Turkey

Bulgaria has strengthened its border patrols and is ready to implement a crisis management plan, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov told

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Europe 

Number of asylum applications in EU in 2018 dropped to pre-crisis levels – EASO

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The number of asylum applications in European Union countries in 2018 was 10 per cent lower than in 2017, dropping

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Europe 

Frontex: Number of irregular crossings at Europe’s borders in 2018 lowest in five years

January 5, 2019January 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

In 2018, the number of illegal border-crossings at Europe’s external borders fell by a quarter compared with 2017 to an

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Bulgaria 

Save the Children: More than 1350 cases of pushbacks of children across EU borders, including by Bulgaria

December 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

Testimonies gathered by Save the Children, and its partner in Serbia, found more than 1350 cases of children being pushed

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Bulgaria 

Migrant and refugee arrivals in Bulgaria total 2503 so far in 2018 – IOM

December 23, 2018December 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

A total of 2503 migrants and refugees have arrived in Bulgaria so far this year, according to the International Organization

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Europe 

European Commission awards additional 305M euro to four EU countries facing migration pressure

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Cyprus, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Refugees

The European Commission said on December 20 that this week it had made available an additional 305 million euro in

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Bulgaria 

485 asylum seekers in Bulgaria in October 2018 – Eurostat

December 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

There were a total of 485 asylum seekers in Bulgaria in October 2018, up from 315 in October 2017, according

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Europe 

Freezing temperatures threaten migrant lives on Bosnian-Croatian border

December 13, 2018 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says thousands of migrants stuck near the Bosnian-Croatian border face

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