UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, has given Bulgaria as an example of anti-immigrant sentiments in Europe and has expressed concerns over the rising number of migrants detained in Europe, including unaccompanied children, the..
Bulgarian Minister of Interior Rumyana Bachvarova said in parliament that current analyses show possible new routes for migrants trying to reach western Europe do not go through Bulgaria. Asked about about a possible new route across the Black Sea,..
Over 1,000 citizens of the town of Kresna in southwestern Bulgaria protested against the possible establishment of a refugee camp in their municipality. The district governor of Blagoevgrad, Biser Mihaylov, has admitted that because of expectations of a..
Following the closing of the Balkan route for migrants and the agreement reached between the European Union and Turkey, there was a danger of 1.1 million people trying to cross the Bulgarian border, Austrian Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner..
Hours before yet another EU -Turkey meeting in Brussels, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said that the Bulgarian delegation would insist that the planned deal between the European Council and Turkey should apply to all external borders of..
Seven traffickers were arrested in the region of Svilengrad, near the Bulgarian-Turkish border during a police operation targeting migrant smuggling, the District Police Directorate in the city of Haskovo reported. Authorities received a signal about a..
A total of 109 foreign citizens - men, women and children, have been found and detained in the region of Pazardzhik, southern Bulgaria, authorities reported. This happened after a signal was received about a group of people, transported to the site..
