According to data by the Bulgarian Border Police, in 2016 a total of 4127 illegal migrants were detained trying to enter Bulgaria from Turkey. This shows a decline of 60 percent in comparison to 2015. At the same time 14,310 third-country nationals..
Bulgarian caretaker Interior Minister Plamen Uzunov has denied claims that there was increased migration pressure on the Bulgarian-Turkish border. The ministry has been monitoring the situation on a daily basis and in case of alarming trends, it would..
A protest against the construction of refugee centers in the region of Bulgaria's Yambol was held in the village of Lesovo on Sunday. Earlier this month, Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova announced that close to the village a temporary refugee center..
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has announced that Bulgaria called on the European Commission to start working on a plan "B" in case Turkey fulfilled its threat to open its borders and let migrants rush to Europe. "We hope that this will not..
EC spokesperson Natasha Bertaud has said that out of requested by Bulgaria 160 million euros to combat illegal migration, 101 million have already been transferred, while the approval of 50 million more was pending. 82 million of the money will be used..
The Bulgarian government has approved additional expenditures of 10 million euros for finishing the construction of a fence along the Bulgarian-Turkish border. The financing will be provided to regional administrations in Burgas, Haskovo and Yambol that..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Interior has reported that migration pressure on Bulgaria has been growing. Last week, there were 734 new foreign citizens registered in the country, or about 50% more than a month ago. 129 people were stopped at the border with..
The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council discussed this week in Luxembourg the need to accelerate processes for ensuring technical security of the external borders of the European Union. At the forum Germany raised the topic of rapid change in the..
During a mini-summit on migrant issues that was held in Vienna, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov called for closing the external EU borders and for creating security zones in third countries, for example in Libya. We should close the borders and..
Deputy Interior Minister Philip Gounev has announced that the government asked the European Commission for additional financial assistance of some 5 million euro, in order to be able to move at least one of the refugee centers out of the capital city of..
