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Turkey, Bulgaria pledge co-operation on migration, fighting organised crime

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

The migration crisis and the fight against terrorism and organised crime have topped the agenda of talks in Sofia between

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests ‘migrant hunter’

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Petar “The Feathers” Nizamov, allegedly part of a vigilante group that illegally detained migrants near the Bulgarian border, has been

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Bulgaria 

Controversy continues over Bulgaria’s ‘migrant hunters’

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s Interior Minister, the leader of a nationalist party and the leader of a right-wing opposition party are among the

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Europe 

UNHCR: Idomeni violence ‘matter of great worry’

April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern about the April 10 violence at the border between

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors start pre-trial proceedings over ‘migrant hunters’

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Prosecutors in the Bulgarian border town of Malko Turnovo have started pre-trial proceedings in connection with unlawful detention of foreign

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Bulgaria 

Refugee crisis: Bulgaria sending further 300 military to border

April 11, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Bulgaria is to deploy a further 300 military personnel to its borders to control the flow of refugees, Prime Minister

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Europe 

Spat between Athens and Skopje over clashes at Idomeni

April 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Greece’s envoy in Skopje handed two protest notes on April 11 to the government of the Republic of Macedonia after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Border Police chief: Migrant-hunting ‘somewhat illegal’

April 11, 2016April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s Border Police chief has described the scenes on an amateur video of migrants being captured by private citizens and

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Europe 

Macedonia police deploy tear gas on refugees at Idomeni

April 10, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonian police have deployed a battery of nonlethal force on refugees at Idomeni. Refugees who’ve been stuck at the crossing

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