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Bulgaria boosts border security after reports Turkey not stopping refugees

February 28, 2020March 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the military and gendarmerie to boost security at the country’s borders following reports

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Europe 

EU mobilises 663M euro in humanitarian assistance for refugees in Turkey

October 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees, Turkey

The European Commission is mobilising 663 million euro in humanitarian aid to continue major projects under the EU Facility for Refugees

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria grants close to 300 000 leva for humanitarian aid for Syria and Yemen

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Syrian refugees

Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on May 15 to grant 293 375 leva (about 150 000 euro) in aid to assistant in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria granted asylum to 760 people in 2018, most Syrians

April 25, 2019April 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Syrian refugees

Bulgaria granted asylum to 760 people in 2018, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on April 25. Of the people

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Bulgaria 

UNHCR welcomes Bulgaria’s new ordinance on refugee integration but points to gaps

July 24, 2017July 26, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees, Syrian refugees

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ office in Bulgaria has welcomed the government’s efforts to improve the integration of refugees

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker government approves humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Syria, Syrian refugees

At what is likely to be one of its last few meetings, Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved the provision of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: The week that was, March 12

March 12, 2017March 14, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev, Syrian refugees

With two weeks to go to Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, the past few days have seen matters

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Bulgaria 

Belene case Catholic priest: ‘Where are you, Patriarch Neofit? Where are you, Mr President Radev?’

March 12, 2017March 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Roumen Radev, Syrian refugees

Father Paolo Cortese, the Roman Catholic priest recalled from Bulgaria after getting death threats for sheltering a Syrian refugee family,

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Bulgaria 

Protest held in Sofia over Roman Catholic priest recalled from Bulgaria after death threats for sheltering Syrian refugees

March 12, 2017January 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Syrian refugees

A group of Bulgarians from a civil society pressure group held a protest outside the Presidency in Sofia on March

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