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EC grants Bulgaria 1.22M euro emergency assistance to aid reception and protection of asylum-seekers and refugees

July 10, 2017July 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Refugees

The European Commission said on July 10 that it had awarded an additional 1.22 million euro in emergency assistance to

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Europe 

EC launches infringement procedures against Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over failures on refugee relocation

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, European Commission, Hungary, Poland

The European Commission said that it had launched infringement procedures on June 14 against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

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Bulgaria 

Number of refugees in Bulgaria has dropped significantly – report

May 21, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

In the past six months, the number of refugees and migrants in Bulgaria has decreased significantly, according to Interior Ministry

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Bulgaria 

2750 asylum-seekers in Bulgaria in 2016 were unaccompanied minors – Eurostat

May 12, 2017May 14, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

The number of unaccompanied minors among asylum-seekers in Bulgaria in 2016 was 2750, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said. This

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Europe 

Europe fears Turkey’s Erdogan will tear up migration deal

April 20, 2017 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

The crowd of diehard supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cheered at a referendum-eve rally in the Umraniye district

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker government approves humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Syria, Syrian refugees

At what is likely to be one of its last few meetings, Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved the provision of

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Bulgaria 

Refugees will not have privileges at expense of Bulgarians – caretaker Social Policy Minister

April 8, 2017April 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Refugees will not have extra privileges at the expense of Bulgarians, caretaker Social Policy Minister Gulub Donev said on April

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Bulgaria 

Process of Bulgaria’s new ordinance on the integration of refugees will be a long one

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Roumen Radev

The process of Bulgaria adopting a new ordinance on the integration of refugees, after the 2016 version was controversially scrapped

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev defends controversial scrapping of regulation on integration of refugees

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Europe migrant crisis, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has sought to defend the controversial scrapping of a government regulation on the integration of refugees,

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