12 people have been detained for trafficking migrants on the territory of the towns of Plovdiv, Harmanli, Sredets, Burgas and Haskovo, deputy appellate prosecutor Rumen Popov has announced. 22 migrants, who used the traffickers’ services, have..
A speeding van was intercepted by police on Sofia’s ring road and a car chase ensued after the driver failed to stop when the police signaled him to do so. At the town of Kostinbrod near Sofia the driver slowed down and jumped from the..
The police have apprehended a group of 50 migrants near the village of Krushevets, Burgas region, on the main road to Krushevets. The migrants say that they are Syrian, and that they were waiting to be picked up by several vans. The group includes..
A car carrying 10 illegal migrants caught fire and burned down near the 99th kilometer of the Trakia motorway in the direction of Sofia, public broadcaster BNT reports. The incident was reported around 15:30. Increase in the number of foreign..
The number of foreign human traffickers in Bulgaria has increased significantly, according to the statistics. The majority of them are from Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, France, Macedonia and the Arab countries . This is what Maria..
Refugees daily reside in Trekliansko, Kyustendil district, Western Bulgaria, on their way to Serbia. Most often they are spotted in the area of the villages of Gorni and Dolni Koriten, seeking the assistance of the local people. Until recently, they..
A total of 141 migrants have been detained in two separate occasions this morning near the Black Sea city of Burgas . In the first case, a TIR truck with 88 migrants - men from Afghanistan - was detained on a boulevard in Burgas. The truck driver is..
The 15-year-old Syrian Omar, who drove the bus with 47 migrants and crashed it into a police car, taking the lives of two police officers in Burgas, will remain in custody, the District Court in the city of Burgas ruled today. Prosecutor Dimitar..
About 1,000 migrants are detained in Bulgaria every day, mainly coming from Afghanistan and Syria , Deputy Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Stanimir Stanev told Nova TV. According to him, they are extremely mobile and well..
Bulgaria's ground arme forces are sending 300 military personnel to join the guarding of the Bulgarian-Turkish border. The reason is the increased migration pressure and the upcoming elections in Bulgaria in October. The additional aid was agreed..