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Bulgarian border police has prevented more than 480 attempts at illegal border crossing

published on 8/31/21 1:43 PM

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In the last two days, Bulgaria's Border Police has stopped more than 480 migrants from crossing the Bulgarian border illegally. According to the ministry, 268 of them tried to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border, the rest - the Bulgarian-Greek border.

Another 148 illegal immigrants were barred from entry on Monday night. Most of them have tried to enter from Turkey.

A total of 16 illegal immigrants have been caught in Sofia in the last 48 hours, with the largest group of five men from Afghanistan.

Again in the capital, during police checks, two illegally staying Moroccans and 5 Syrians were caught.

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