More than 386 000 migrants, refugees arrived in Europe so far in 2016 – IOM
About 386 495 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe so far in 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Croatia arrests two Bulgarians for human trafficking after 67 people found in van’s cargo hold
Croatia has initiated a crime investigation into two Bulgarian nationals in connection with people-trafficking after traffic police found 67 people
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Frontex reports about 350 000 migrants entered the EU so far in 2016
Frontex, the EU’s border agency, has reported that 350 000 people have arrived in the EU so far this year.
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Bulgarian prosecutors charge three more people over riots at Harmanli refugee centre
The District Prosecutor’s Office in Harmanli has laid criminal charges against three more people, two Afghan citizens and one Iraqi,
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First-time asylum applicants in Bulgaria increase by 82% in Q3 2016, to 6365
The number of first-time asylum applicants in Bulgaria was 82 per cent higher in the third quarter of 2016 than
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German federal interior ministry donates 12 all-terrain vehicles to Bulgarian Border Police
German’s federal interior ministry has donated 12 all-terrain vehicles to Bulgaria’s Border Police, the German embassy in Sofia and the
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New director of Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee reception centre appointed
Former senior Border Police official Slavcho Yanev has been appointed the new director of the Harmanli refugee reception centre, Bulgaria’s
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Bulgaria’s fence at Turkish border so far has cost close to 170M leva – deputy interior minister
A sum of 169 309 121 leva has been paid so for the fence at the border with Turkey, Bulgaria’s
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Greece left alone in the refugee crisis
EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos is “not the happiest person on earth,” he said in Brussels as he presented the
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