EC grants Bulgaria 1.22M euro emergency assistance to aid reception and protection of asylum-seekers and 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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EC launches infringement procedures against Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over failures on refugee relocation
The European Commission said that it had launched infringement procedures on June 14 against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
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Number of refugees in Bulgaria has dropped significantly – report
In the past six months, the number of refugees and migrants in Bulgaria has decreased significantly, according to Interior Ministry
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2750 asylum-seekers in Bulgaria in 2016 were unaccompanied minors – Eurostat
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 fears Turkey’s Erdogan will tear up migration deal
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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Bulgarian caretaker government approves humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria
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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Refugees will not have privileges at expense of Bulgarians – caretaker Social Policy Minister
Refugees will not have extra privileges at the expense of Bulgarians, caretaker Social Policy Minister Gulub Donev said on April
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Process of Bulgaria’s new ordinance on the integration of refugees will be a long one
The process of Bulgaria adopting a new ordinance on the integration of refugees, after the 2016 version was controversially scrapped
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Bulgarian President Radev defends controversial scrapping of regulation on integration of refugees
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has sought to defend the controversial scrapping of a government regulation on the integration of refugees,
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