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More than 386 000 migrants, refugees arrived in Europe so far in 2016 – IOM

December 20, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

About 386 495 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe so far in 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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Bulgaria 

Croatia arrests two Bulgarians for human trafficking after 67 people found in van’s cargo hold

December 18, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Europe migrant crisis

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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Europe 

Frontex reports about 350 000 migrants entered the EU so far in 2016

December 17, 2016March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge three more people over riots at Harmanli refugee centre

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

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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Bulgaria 

First-time asylum applicants in Bulgaria increase by 82% in Q3 2016, to 6365

December 15, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

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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Bulgaria 

German federal interior ministry donates 12 all-terrain vehicles to Bulgarian Border Police

December 14, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

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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Bulgaria 

New director of Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee reception centre appointed

December 13, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

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 

Bulgaria’s fence at Turkish border so far has cost close to 170M leva – deputy interior minister

December 9, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

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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Perspectives 

Greece left alone in the refugee crisis

December 9, 2016March 9, 2017 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece

EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos is “not the happiest person on earth,” he said in Brussels as he presented the

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