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Migrant pressure down by 70%, but migrants from Egypt and Morocco on the rise

Photo: Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior

In 2024, border guards prevented more than 52 500 migrants from attempting to enter Bulgaria illegally. The Border Police' increased patrols and equipment have led to a 70% drop in migration pressure compared to the same period in 2023. This was revealed at a meeting in Sofia of the heads of the border services participating in Operation Solidarity - Austria, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, the Border Police said.


Of those detained for violating the state border at the entrance, most are citizens of Syria and Afghanistan, there is a tendency for an increase in the number of illegal migrants from Egypt and Morocco.


The good results of the first month of the international contingent's activity on the Bulgarian-Turkish border were reported at the meeting, and the assessment of all four parties is entirely positive.




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