The increased migratory pressure along the Bulgaria-Turkey border has been causing more and more problems for the locals, and for institutions in Bulgaria. The number of migrants admitted to the district hospital in Yambol has also gone up, which only..
Five illegal migrants from Pakistan have been detained in Sofia’s Lyulin residential area after a car chased with police. The police officers signaled a van on the road but the driver refused to comply, and a car chase ensued. Ultimately the..
In the municipality of Bolyarovo, on the border with Turkey, the operation of the border police department, closed in June 2022, has already partially been restored. 35 border guards are currently appointed, while there were 100 employees a..
The drivers of vans carrying illegal migrants in Bulgaria receive instructions from migrant smugglers to hit police cars and cause damage if chased by police . This was announced to the BNR by the Director of the Border Police, Chief Commissioner..
One illegal migrant has died in a road accident on Trakia Motorway near Chirpan. A minibus carrying 47 illegal migrants from Afghanistan had a flat tire and crashed. There is an increased police presence on the scene. The law enforcement..
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of lawsuits involving human trafficking, the prosecutor’s office announced. In 2019 there were 670 new lawsuits, and in 2022 - 2 , 626 . 2,208 people were convicted last year as against 720..
At a press briefing, when asked about the case in which the bodies of 18 migrants were found in a truck near the village of Lokorsko, President Rumen Radev pointed out that in other countries the perpetrators of similar crimes receive tens of years in..
Due to the geopolitical situation, the economic and humanitarian crisis, the earthquake in Turkey and Syria and the problems in the Middle East, a new large wave of migrants to Bulgaria is expected . The Bulgarian border is guarded under..
Three Europol employees have been sent to Bulgaria to investigate the tragedy with the 18 dead migrants found in a truck near the village of Lokorsko, European Commission sources said. Two officers have been sent to assist the border..
The secret compartment of the timber truck in which the Afghan migrants died of suffocation was meant for 25-30 people. Out of greed, the traffickers crammed in 52 , Borislav Sarafov, director of the National Investigative Service, told a news..
