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US state department report spells out problems from flow of Syrian refugees into Bulgaria

May 2, 2014May 6, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

An influx of asylum seekers from Syria into Bulgaria has exacerbated border security challenges, raised interethnic tensions, and challenged underfunded

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s dual refugees controversies: Rosovo and Human Rights Watch’s report

May 1, 2014May 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria’s government has promised an investigation into a nationally controversial incident in which villagers forced out three families of Syrian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria forcing out refugees, Human Rights Watch says, angering government

April 29, 2014May 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees, Tsvetlin Yovchev

Bulgaria has embarked on a “Containment Plan” to reduce the number of asylum seekers in the country, Human Rights Watch

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Bulgaria 

Protests in Bulgarian village pressure Syrian refugee families to leave – after just two days

April 28, 2014April 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Three families of Syrian refugees left the village of Rosovo in Bulgaria after just a few days because of protests

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian – Turkish border fence farce

April 28, 2014April 28, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees, Turkey

The controversy in Bulgaria over its expensive fence project at the Turkish border to keep out illegal migrants has trailed

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Bulgaria 

Living conditions for asylum-seekers in Bulgaria improve but gaps remain – UN refugee agency

April 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

The United Nations office of the High Commission for Refugees has acknowledged the “significant efforts” made recently by the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Systematic violations of human rights in Bulgaria, report says

April 1, 2014April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

There were systematic violations of human rights in Bulgaria in 2013, watchdog group the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee said in its

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Bulgaria 

AI: EU must ban transfers of asylum seekers to Bulgaria until country’s ‘affairs in order’

April 1, 2014April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

European countries must not transfer any asylum seekers to Bulgaria until the country truly improves its appalling reception conditions and

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Bulgaria 

Refugees put demands as European Commissioner Malmström visits Bulgaria’s Harmanli shelter

March 26, 2014March 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Syrian refugees

Refugees housed at the shelter in Harmanli protested during a visit by European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, demanding that

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