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.
On Tuesday , sunny weather will prevail with temporary increases in cloudiness, more significant over the southern regions of Bulgaria but without significant precipitation. The wind will be light mainly from the north-northeast...
Syrian citizens protested in Sofia demanding that the issuance of humanitarian visas for their families be expedited . The protest was held in front of the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reporter Dobromir Videv reported. The..
The leader of the GERB party Boyko Borisov met in Düsseldorf with the CEO of the defense concern Rheinmetall Armin Paperger . During the conversation, it became clear that in the next three weeks the contracts for the establishment of a joint..
A van carrying 24 migrants, driven by a Bulgarian driver, was intercepted last night near the village of Lozenets (Tsarevo Municipality), Border..
The leader of the GERB party Boyko Borisov met in Düsseldorf with the CEO of the defense concern Rheinmetall Armin Paperger . During the..
The state-owned natural gas distribution company Bulgargaz proposed that the price of natural gas for September be set at BGN 60.99 (EUR 31.18) per..
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