In 2020 the Interior Ministry registered double the number of refugees detained. The highest number of people detained - entering the country illicitly and passing in transit - was in the interior of the country. The increase on an annual basis is by 71 % - in 2019 their number was 1,201 and in 2020 – 2,053.
1,447 is the number of migrants detained while attempting to enter the country illegally. 1,500 people, most of them from Afghanistan, were detained while attempting to leave the country’s territory and enter Serbia, which is an increase of 80%. The migration pressure mounted during the summer, most of all along the border with Greece, statistics show.
716 foreigners were granted refugee status in Bulgaria in 2020 out of over 3,500 applications submitted. 1,374 have been denied refugee status, 452 cases have been dismissed.
The number of pensioners in January this year increased by 15,630 people, or 0.8%, compared to the first month of the previous year, the National Social Security Institute informed. More than 2 million people live on pensions whose average value is..
Acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov submitted a proposal to the National Assembly to strip the immunity from four MPs from "Vazrazhdane" due to acts of vandalism during the protest in front of the European Commission building in Sofia. These..
At the initiative of the European Union of Patient Organizations for the Fight against Rare Diseases, on the last day of February, we focus on people living with a rare disease. Awareness campaigns are organized to raise public awareness of this issue...
The effects of the protests against supermarkets are being felt, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov said in Plovdiv, where he was attending a national..
In 2022, 14.7% of workers in the EU were low-wage earners . By definition, low-wage earners are those who earn two-thirds or less of the average gross..
A serious restrictive and even repressive attitude among Bulgarian society on the current issues of school education and upbringing is shown by an..
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