Bulgaria’s election day will decrease police at Turkish border – report
The number of Bulgarian police on duty at the border with Turkey to deal with the influx of refugees will
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Syrian refugees
130 000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey as IS nears border
More than 130,000 refugees have flooded into Turkey from Syria in the past few days, as the jihadist group Islamic
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Only a tiny fraction of refugees in Bulgaria have found jobs
Of 4600 refugees in Bulgaria, just 19 have found jobs, going by official figures. In the past four months, the
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Turkey closes border to Syrian refugees
Clashes erupted on September 21 2014 as Turkey closed its border with northern Syria to halt a massive influx of Kurdish
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‘New evidence’ that Bulgaria forced Syrian asylum-seekers back to Turkey, Human Rights Watch says
Bulgarian border police have in the past month forced Syrian asylum seekers back to Turkey and beaten some of them,
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Bulgaria arrests four over illegal immigrant trafficking scheme after TV investigation
Bulgarian police have arrested four men – two Palestinians and two Syrians – after a television investigation exposed an alleged
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‘Absurd obstacles’ stop refugee children attending Bulgarian schools – report
More than 400 refugee children will not be attending school in Bulgaria because of absurd regulations, including requirements such as
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Bulgaria mulling huge extension to controversial anti-refugee fence at border with Turkey
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet is considering an Interior Ministry proposal to extend the controversial fence at the border with Turkey, completed
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Bulgaria fears new refugee wave from Iraq conflict
Bulgaria could face an even greater inflow of refugees in the coming months, following intensified fighting in Iraq in recent
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