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With capacity to shelter refugees in Bulgaria now exceeded by 25 per cent, with 3600 refugees in the country, the government says it will make available two more buildings that […]
There appears currently little chance that Bulgaria will get additional funding from the European Union to cope with the sharply increasing numbers of refugees from Syria crossing into the country, […]
Syrian refugees in Bulgaria fleeing the violent conflagration in their own country are not having it easy as hosting facilities are strained beyond capacity. More than 1400 Syrians have sought […]
The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, has reiterated her calls for an end to fighting in Syria and an urgent political solution, a call […]
Bulgaria’s Parliament will hold a debate on the crisis on Syria, it emerged a day after head of state President Rossen Plevneliev called for the legislature to hold a debate […]
The consultative Security Council of the Bulgarian Government met on August 30 to discuss the potential risks to the country should the Syrian crisis escalate, concluding that the main danger […]
Bulgaria, which has stepped up funding for additional accommodation for asylum-seekers, is planning to provide a further 500 places for refugees by housing them mainly in state hostels and low-cost […]
The capacity of Bulgaria to host refugees is exhausted, an official said, as figures emerged showing that the country is facing the largest wave of illegal refugees in 20 years. […]
