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More than half of Bulgarians back ‘migrant hunters’ – poll

April 17, 2016April 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

More than half of Bulgarians support to one degree or another “migrant hunters”, the self-proclaimed “citizens’ patrols” by vigilante groups

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Minister: No tension at the border

April 16, 2016April 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

There is no tension at Bulgaria’s borders but the country has to be ready for any eventuality, Interior Minister Roumyana

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Europe 

Pope brings home refugee families from Greek island

April 16, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Pope Francis is bringing 12 Syrian refugees back to Rome  after a quick visit to the Greek island of Lesbos.

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Europe 

Pope visits migrants on Lesbos

April 16, 2016April 19, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Pope Francis visited the Moria detention camp on the island of Lesbos Saturday. Some men, women and children wept as

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Europe 

Orthodox Patriarch urges Europe to open doors to refugees

April 16, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, is urging Europe to stop trying to divide what he calls economic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM on ‘migrant hunters’: ‘No one has the right to arrest outside the law’

April 13, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

In his latest comment on civilian groups intercepting migrants and refugees near the country’s borders, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ‘migrant hunter’ threatened Afghans with a knife and a pistol

April 13, 2016April 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian “migrant hunter” Petar “The Feathers” Nizamov threatened a group of men from Afghanistan with a knife and a pistol

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Europe 

New clashes between migrants, Macedonian police

April 13, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonian police have fired tear gas and stun grenades at a crowd of migrants trying to climb a fence on

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Bulgaria 

Interior Minister: Traffic of refugees to Bulgaria down by 36%

April 13, 2016April 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Compared to 2015, the reduction in traffic of refugees to Bulgaria is down by about 36 per cent, Bulgaria’s Interior

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