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Religious group lodges European court action against Türkiye after pullback at Bulgarian border

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey, Türkiye

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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Bulgaria 

Number of Ukrainians accommodated in Bulgaria through state scheme doubles in two months

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

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 

Bulgaria intends prolonging humanitarian accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees to end of 2023

June 14, 2023June 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

The programme by which there is state support for accommodation of people displaced from Ukraine and who have temporary protection

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World 

UN refugee agency: Forced displacements hit record in 2022

June 14, 2023June 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

By the end of 2022, the number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights abuses stood at

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Europe 

EU ministers reach agreement on key asylum and migration laws

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees

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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Europe 

UK journalists held in Türkiye with would-be refugee group allege torture, physical abuse by Turkish authorities

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey

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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Europe 

Religious minority asylum-seekers detained at Turkish-Bulgarian border say they were beaten, tortured

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey, Türkiye

Thirty of 104 members of religious minority group Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light who had presented themselves at the

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Europe 

As of March 2023: 3.9 million who fled Ukraine have temporary protection in EU

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Russia, Ukraine

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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Europe 

Asylum decisions in EU up by 40% in 2022

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees

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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