More than 1200 migrants have arrived in Bulgaria since August 1 – IOM
A total of 1289 migrants have arrived in Bulgaria since August 1 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said
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Refugee crisis: Frontex to send 100 officers to Bulgaria
The European border agency Frontex will provide 100 officers, who are supposed to help Bulgaria control its borders with Turkey
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Bulgarian Border Police top officers quit after migrant transport contract given to ‘people-trafficker’
Bulgarian Border Police chief Antonio Angelov and senior commissioner Yotko Andreev resigned on August 15 after Prime Minister Boiko Borissov
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Bulgaria to set up checkpoints inside country against illegal migration
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry will set up checkpoints inside the country to counter trafficking of people who have entered the country
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Bulgarian PM orders Border Police chiefs fired over migrant transport contract
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the dismissal of the top leadership of the Border Police after a contract
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Bulgaria foils further attempts at illegally crossing its borders with Serbia, Turkey
Over the past day, Bulgarian Border Police detained 87 foreign nationals who had attempted to cross the Bulgarian-Serbian border illegally,
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UN rights chief sees ‘worrying signs’ in Bulgaria’s detentions of migrants
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has expressed serious concern that virtually all people entering
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Bulgaria detains 26 near coastal town for illegally crossing border
Bulgarian police have detained 26 people, who said they were from Iraq, and who were found travelling in a van
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Frontex to boost assistance to Bulgaria at Turkish, Serbian borders
In response to a request from Bulgarian authorities, EU border control co-operation agency Frontex will “significantly strengthen” its ongoing activities
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