A minibus with 18 migrants was detained during an operation by the Kyustendil Border Police on the Bansko-Simitli road near the village of Gradevo. All migrants, as well as the driver of the minibus, who is a Bulgarian citizen, have been arrested...
Since the beginning of 2020, there has been a trend of increasing illegal migration pressure on Bulgaria, as well as the activation of domestic and cross-border criminal networks involved in the illegal transfer of illegal migrants through the so-called..
150 soldiers and 20 vehicles of the Bulgarian army have joined the protection of the Bulgarian-Greek and Bulgarian-Turkish borders . The servicemen, who are members of the Centre for Specialist Training, from the 2nd and 61st mechanized brigades,..
While driving from Rezovo to Gramatikovo in fulfillment of a task for logistical support of the protection of the Bulgarian-Turkish border, a military off-road truck fell into the Veleka River, the Ministry of Defense announced. Two foreign..
Fourteen illegal migrants have been detained in the region of Razgrad, northern Bulgaria , the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior announced. The group was spotted on April 1 on the Ruse-Varna main road, near the junction for the village of..
Eleven people, among them 2 police officers have been detained during a specialized illegal migration police operation conducted on the territory of Sofia, Pernik, Trun and Blagoevgrad. “We are talking about a criminal group trafficking..
Police in Stara Zagora have detained a group of 43 illegal migrants from Afghanistan aged between 18 and 35. They were found during a police check of a truck on the Trakia Motorway. This has been the second case of people detained while..
In August 2015, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s notorious phrase “We will manage!” opened the doors to Europe for a massive stream of refugees fleeing from the war in Syria. Thousands of economic migrants from Asia and Africa also headed towards..
Two groups of migrants have been detained in the past week near the village of Voneshta Voda in the Pass of the Republic, Yanko Parvanov, Mayor of Voneshta Voda said for the BNR. The first group of illegal migrants consisted of 11 people. They were..
During a specialized operation, police officers from Shumen detained 13 men who illegally crossed Bulgaria’s state border, the press center of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior announced. Six of them were..
