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EU wants states to return migrants to Greece

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

The EU executive has recommended member states resume returning migrants to Greece next year. The aim is to restore the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria wants Plan B from European Commission in case Turkey opens refugee floodgates

December 7, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgaria has urged the European Commission to work on an alternative plan in case Turkey fulfills its threat to unleash

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Bulgaria 

Number of Afghans wanting to return home from Bulgaria could reach 500 – Interior Minister

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

About 300 Afghan citizens have applied for voluntary return to their country from Bulgaria and this number could reach 500,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has detained more than 17 700 migrants illegally in country so far in 2016

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

From the start of 2016 until November 24, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry apprehended a total of 17 717 migrants who

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Minister: Tipoff received via diplomatic channels on plans for terrorist attack

December 5, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria had received an alert via diplomatic channels of plans for a terrorist attack in the country, Interior Minister Roumyana

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Bulgaria 

Nineteen face criminal charges over Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre riots

November 27, 2016November 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Nineteen foreign citizens face criminal charges, mainly for hooliganism, after the unrest at the refugee centre in the southern Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President-elect on Harmanli: Faster extradition, more EU aid needed

November 26, 2016November 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President-elect Roumen Radev has called for more urgent measures for extradition and more EU assistance, following the November 24

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with Afghanistan embassy on migrant crisis, Harmanli

November 26, 2016November 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The violent clashes between people housed at the Harmanli refugee reception centre and police were discussed at a meeting between

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Bulgaria 

Deutsche Welle: Refugees’ suffering grows in Bulgaria

November 26, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

“I wake up and I always find a long queue in front of the boys’ toilets. They think that with

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