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MEPs visit Bulgaria to inspect Frontex operations at Turkish border

February 12, 2018February 14, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria, European migrant crisis, Refugees, Turkey

Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee are on a three-day visit to Bulgaria to see first-hand how Frontex

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Bulgaria 

Number of illegal migration arrests in Bulgaria drops sharply – Interior Ministry

August 10, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency European migrant crisis

The number of arrests for illegal migration in Bulgaria in the first half of 2017 was 80 per cent lower

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European Commissioner: Bulgaria to play crucial role with launch of new European border protection

September 20, 2016September 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency European migrant crisis

Bulgaria will play a crucial role on the European stage with the October 6 opening of the new European border

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov discusses migration crisis with Orbán, Merkel and Vučić

September 9, 2016September 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency European migrant crisis, Serbia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has held a series of telephone conversations to discuss Europe’s migrant and refugee crisis with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria fears a tide of refugees

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Deutsche Welle European migrant crisis

Rezovo is the most southeasterly city in Bulgaria. It is only a few hundred meters across the Black Sea estuary

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View from Sofia: Geography lessons

March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 Louisa Slavkova of the European Council on Foreign Relations European migrant crisis

When Europe was dealing with the financial crisis, a dividing line presented itself in the EU between the rich rule-based

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