A truck driver from Burgas has been detained for illegally transporting 55 migrants across the country. On September 28, 2021, on the Trakia highway, police officers stopped the truck for a routine inspection. When the luggage compartment was opened,..
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...
There has been an increase in unaccompanied minors in refugee centres along the Bulgarian border, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan. In an interview with BNR, the chairman of the State Agency for Refugees Petya Parvanova pointed out that Bulgaria was a..
Dozens of migrants have been found in the hunting reserve above the town of Ihtiman. They all say they come from Afghanistan and are fleeing from the conflict in the country. The operation for their detention lasted for hours, some of the men..
The safe zone in the Voenna Rampa refugee center in Sofia is overcrowded, according to a check of the National Preventive Mechanism to the Ombudsman. The zone was built in 2019 for unaccompanied children refugees with a capacity for 100..
Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan ready to negotiate with the Taliban In an interview for CNN Türk, Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan said that he could meet with the leader of the Taliban as part of the efforts to end the fights in..
Gradually, the refugee centres in Bulgaria are starting to fill up. We are ready to put into operation other such centres for the accommodation of migrants. This was said for BGNES by the Minister of Interior Boyko Rashkov. He explained that such..
Police have detained a group of illegal migrants near Sofia's Mladost district. They were spotted by people in the area, who signaled the police. Teams sent to the scene detained a total of 11 people, most of them men. They were taken to the district..
Attempts of illegal migrants from Greece to enter Bulgaria have increased 12 times since the beginning of 2021 in comparison to 2020. This is what BNR learned from its sources in the services. Border police patrols have stopped a..
The police in Burgas have detained a van with illegal migrants. The van has the logo of a payment collection company in order to mislead the control authorities. It was driven by a Bulgarian citizen who was detained for 72 hours, BNR Burgas reported.
