Slovenia, Kosovo bust organised crime group trafficking people in the Balkans
Law enforcement authorities worked together on March 21 to arrest 12 migrant smugglers operating in the Balkans, European police agency
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Bulgarian Parliament scraps public procurement rule for repairs to fence at Turkish border
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 22 to approve the second and final reading of amendments to the Public Procurement
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Number of first-time asylum applicants in Bulgaria dropped 82% in 2017 – Eurostat
There were a total of 3470 first-time asylum applicants in Bulgaria in 2017, a figure 82 per cent lower than
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Proposed new EU visa policy: Easier for tourists, tougher for countries that do not take back migrants
The European Commission said on March 14 that it was proposing to reform the EU’s common visa policy “to adapt
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Amnesty International slams Bulgaria on treatment of refugees, hate speech, media freedom
Amnesty International has released its international report for 2017/18, in which it slams Bulgaria over its treatment of migrants and
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Hungary’s Orbán seeks Bulgarian EU Presidency’s help to change migration policy
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán brought his campaign against the EU’s migration policy to Sofia on February 19, underlining his
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MEPs visit Bulgaria to inspect Frontex operations at Turkish border
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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Asylum applications in EU+ countries in 2017 were 43% lower than in 2016 – EASO
The number of asylum applications in EU+ countries – meaning the 28 member states of the bloc plus Norway and
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Borissov and Babiš: Dublin Regulation does not work effectively and should be amended
The prime ministers of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic agree that the Dublin Regulation – the EU law that determines
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