Religious group lodges European court action against Türkiye after pullback at Bulgarian border
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, members of which were pulled back at the Turkish-Bulgarian border in May after
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Refugees
Number of Ukrainians accommodated in Bulgaria through state scheme doubles in two months
The number of Ukrainians accommodated in Bulgaria through a scheme of state support for accommodation of those fleeing Russia’s war
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Bulgaria intends prolonging humanitarian accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees to end of 2023
The programme by which there is state support for accommodation of people displaced from Ukraine and who have temporary protection
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UN refugee agency: Forced displacements hit record in 2022
By the end of 2022, the number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights abuses stood at
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EU ministers reach agreement on key asylum and migration laws
At a June 8 meeting of the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs council, EU ministers agreed on a negotiating
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UK journalists held in Türkiye with would-be refugee group allege torture, physical abuse by Turkish authorities
Two UK journalists who were detained in Türkiye with 104 members of a persecuted US-based minority religion have been released
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Religious minority asylum-seekers detained at Turkish-Bulgarian border say they were beaten, tortured
Thirty of 104 members of religious minority group Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light who had presented themselves at the
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As of March 2023: 3.9 million who fled Ukraine have temporary protection in EU
As of March 31 2023, about 3.9 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion on
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Asylum decisions in EU up by 40% in 2022
In 2022, EU countries granted protection status to 384 245 asylum seekers, up by 40 per cent compared with the 275 040 recorded in 2021,
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