Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry reports increase in attempts at illegal crossings from Greece
Additional police and gendarmerie teams have been sent to the Bulgarian-Greek border following an increase in attempts by migrants to
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Refugees
Bulgaria jails migrant smuggler for 6 years over drowning in Danube of 6 Iraqis
A migrant smuggler has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Bulgarian court for causing the deaths by
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Close to two-thirds of under-18 asylum seekers in Bulgaria in 2018 were unaccompanied minors
Fifty-seven per cent of the asylum seekers in Bulgaria in 2018 aged younger than 18 were unaccompanied minors, European Union
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Bulgaria granted asylum to 760 people in 2018, most Syrians
Bulgaria granted asylum to 760 people in 2018, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on April 25. Of the people
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Bulgaria increases patrols at borders as migrants try to reach North Macedonia from Greece
Bulgaria has strengthened its border patrols and is ready to implement a crisis management plan, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov told
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Number of asylum applications in EU in 2018 dropped to pre-crisis levels – EASO
The number of asylum applications in European Union countries in 2018 was 10 per cent lower than in 2017, dropping
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Frontex: Number of irregular crossings at Europe’s borders in 2018 lowest in five years
In 2018, the number of illegal border-crossings at Europe’s external borders fell by a quarter compared with 2017 to an
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Save the Children: More than 1350 cases of pushbacks of children across EU borders, including by Bulgaria
Testimonies gathered by Save the Children, and its partner in Serbia, found more than 1350 cases of children being pushed
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Migrant and refugee arrivals in Bulgaria total 2503 so far in 2018 – IOM
A total of 2503 migrants and refugees have arrived in Bulgaria so far this year, according to the International Organization
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