PM: Bulgaria can protect its borders – even without Nato
Observing a maritime exercise off Bourgas on April 10, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov boasted that his country’s military and
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Europe migrant crisis
Migrant deportations between Greece and Turkey resume
In the face of protests, Greece has resumed deporting migrants to Turkey as part of a controversial European Union-Turkey deal
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Greece sees first day that no refugees, migrants arrive by sea
On April 5, not one migrant or refugee arrived by sea in Greece, the first day that this has been
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Pope Francis to visit migrants on Lesbos
Pope Francis will make a short trip to the Greek island of Lesbos on April 16 to meet with refugees
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Bulgaria and Greece to boost co-operation on migrant crisis – defence, interior ministers
Bulgaria’s ministers of the interior and of defence met their Greek counterparts on April 7, agreeing on boosting co-operation and
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Migrants’ return raises anxiety in Turkey
When the first boatload of deported migrants arrived Monday at the Turkish port of Dikili, a small group of Turkish
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EC presents options on reforming Common European Asylum System
The European Commission presented on April 6 options on reforming the Common European Asylum System, and developing “safe and legal
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Interior Minister: Migrant-trafficking routes not shifting to Bulgaria
Migrant-trafficking routes have not been diverted to include Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova told the National Assembly
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EU now says ‘no automatic return’ of migrants to Turkey
The European Union has made a surprise announcement that there will essentially be no automatic return of migrants from the
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