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Hoteliers: One in five hotels on Bulgaria’s southern coast to expel Ukrainian refugees

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Twenty per cent of the hotels on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast accommodating Ukrainian refugees are to tell them to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees does not cover food – reports

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s government has announced that its national operational staff of the National Council for Migration, Borders, Asylum and Integration will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria extends accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees to February 2023

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has extended the accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees until February 24 2023, the government information service said.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian hoteliers awaiting clarity from caretaker government on Ukrainian accommodation scheme

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

November 15 was meant to be the last day of the grace period for the hotel accommodation scheme for Ukrainian

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Europe 

Frontex: Irregular entries at EU external borders in January – October highest since 2016

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees

In the first 2022 months of this year, 275 500 irregular entries were detected at the external borders of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria appears to change course on accommodating Ukrainian refugees

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria will stay a further four months in the places where they are accommodated, under the same

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria: Caretaker cabinet approves payments to hotels, railways

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet approved, at a meeting on November 9, payments to hoteliers and state railways BDZ in connection with

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Bulgaria 

BRC, UNHCR in ‘Winter Support’ campaign for Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) and the UN High Commission for Refugees will provide by the end of the year

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker Tourism Minister seeks to defend Ukrainian refugee move

November 6, 2022November 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

In interviews at the weekend, Bulgaria’s caretaker Tourism Minister Ilyin Dimitrov sought to deflect criticism of the interim government’s controversial

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