Europe braces for new wave of refugees
Europe is preparing for a new wave of refugees as word filters back to others that the passage through Hungary
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Syrian refugees
Refugees desperate on both sides of Turkey’s border with Syria
Near the border crossing to Syria, refugees loiter near trucks lined up to deliver food into their country. If they
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Turkish border crackdown imperils Syrian refugees
Turkish authorities have tightened controls, ending their open-door policy for Syrian refugees and making it more difficult for Syrians to
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Italy, Greece straining under influx of migrants
Conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and other parts of the world are creating waves of refuges,
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Asylum applications in Bulgaria increase, but still less than EU average
The number of asylum applications in Bulgaria in 2014 was eight per cent higher than in 2013, but the increase
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Head of Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre dismissed
The head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for Refugees, Nikola Kazakov, has fired the director of the Harmanli refugee centre, Marko
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Bulgaria to reimpose curfew in all refugee shelters
Bulgaria will reintroduce a curfew at all refugee shelters in the country within a few days, State Agency for Refugees
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Two more refugee centres to be built in southern Bulgaria
Two more refugee centres will be built in southern Bulgaria, with an information campaign to be conducted to persuade residents
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Bulgarian cabinet returns former head of refugee agency to post
Bulgaria’s cabinet has returned Nikola Kazakov, who headed the State Agency for Refugees from 2010 to 2013, to the post
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