Hungary approves detention for all asylum seekers
Hungary’s parliament has approved a new law calling for all asylum seekers to be detained in camps along the country’s
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Europe migrant crisis
Reactions to the ECJ decision on asylum law in EU
Uproar has greeted the European Court of Justice’s decision on asylum law in Europe. Last year, more than 5,000 people
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Bulgarian law enforcement busts people-trafficking organised crime group in Sofia
In a joint operation on March 7 by Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Interior Ministry and prosecutors, an organised
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European Court: EU member countries not obliged to grant humanitarian visas to asylum-seekers
European Union countries are not required, under EU law, to grant a humanitarian visa to people who wish to enter
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Row in Bulgarian town of Belene over church sheltering Syrian refugee family
In a case similar to the one in the Bulgarian town of Elin Pelin some weeks ago, there is a
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270 evacuated from Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre because of fire
A fire at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre in the early hours of February 21 led to the evacuation of 270
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More than 11 500 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe so far in 2017 – IOM
A total of 11 515 refugees and migrants had arrived in Europe so far this year, the International Organization for Migration
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A Bulgarian tale: Of Elin Pelin, the will of the people, fascism, the bogeyman and a small-town mayor
When Ivailo Simeonov was a candidate for election as mayor of the Bulgarian town of Elin Pelin in 2015, his
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Bulgaria’s Elin Pelin municipality refuses to accept Syrian refugee family
The municipality of Elin Pelin, a town in western Bulgaria about 24km from capital Sofia, has refused to accept a
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