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Bulgaria gives 10 000 euro for accommodation of migrants and refugees in Macedonia and BiH

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia, Refugees

Bulgaria is to provide 19 559 leva (about 10 000 euro) as a voluntary contribution to the Council of Europe

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Bulgaria 

For the second time, heavy rain brings down fence at Bulgarian – Turkish border

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Refugees, Turkey

Part of the fence built by Bulgaria at the border with Turkey to stem illegal migration has fallen for a

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Europe 

How the EU’s resettlement plan is failing to meet its goal

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

The EU has set up various measures to curb unauthorized migration. One of them is offering more legal pathways to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria restricts access to area near Greek border because of increase in illegal migration

November 10, 2018November 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Refugees

Bulgarian Border Police have imposed a temporary restriction on people entering an area along the Maritsa River at the Bulgarian-Greek

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Minister: Attempted illegal border crossings from Turkey, Greece increased in August-October

October 26, 2018October 28, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Between August and October 24, there was an increase in attempts to illegally cross the border into Bulgaria from Turkey

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Europe 

European Parliament committee proposes ‘European Humanitarian Visa’

October 10, 2018October 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, European Parliament, Refugees

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for the establishment of a “European Humanitarian Visa” for which asylum-seekers would

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Bulgaria 

1510 asylum applications were pending in Bulgaria in August 2018 – Eurostat

September 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The number of people subject to asylum applications in Bulgaria in August 2018 was 1510, down from 4655 in August

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Europe 

Agreement to allow European Border and Coast Guard agency teams to be deployed in Serbia

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos and Nebojša Stefanović, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior

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Europe 

Frontex: Irregular border crossings into EU in January – August 2018 down 40 per cent

September 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

In the first eight months of 2018, the number of irregular border crossings into the EU via the top four

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