How could the provision of shelter and protection for 20 children be an immediate danger for Sofia? This is what the capital's mayor Vasil Terziev asked on his Facebook profile. The post came on the occasion of a protest organized by..
Serbia reports drop in migrant numbers and closes refugee centres The Serbian Commissioner for Refugees and Migration, Nataša Stanisavljević, has announced that the number of migrants in the country has decreased by 80% and that it has been decided to..
On World Refugee Day - 20 June, the photo exhibition with refugee children entitled "Innocence without Borders" will be officially opened at 11:00 a.m. at Sofia Airport Terminal 2. The event is organized by UNICEF, the Embassy of Switzerland in..
3 , 843 unaccompanied children crossed into Bulgaria last year, and 416 since the beginning of 2024, said Ivaylo Yabalkarov from the Mission Wings Foundation, in an interview with the BNR. On the fate of migrant children in Bulgaria..
Two years after the start of the war in Ukraine, the refugee flow does not stop and is currently increasing again after a certain decline . This is claimed by Ukrainians living in Bulgaria who help with the adaptation of the newly arriving Ukrainian..
There is a Directive according to which third-country nationals who have been granted humanitarian or refugee status in Bulgaria (or in the EU territory) can be employed without any other permits. Only with this status document obtained from the..
Citizens of the town of Harmanli (South-eastern Bulgaria) once again went out in protest against the presence of the refugee centre in the town "The number of residents should be up to 400 and they should be married couples with children, not..
26 March is Thrace Day – the date was included in the official Bulgarian calendar in 2006, but has been celebrated long before that. On this day in 1913 the Bulgarian army conquered the Edirne fortress, until then deemed “impregnable”. The defeat..
Having to flee one’s home and country and take the long road to an uncertain future – that is what refugees have invariably faced through the years, and for the same reasons. People have to flee because of war or their religious beliefs, their..
At an informal meeting in Brussels within the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the Justice and Home Affairs Council alternatives to the temporary protection of refugees from Ukraine after the expiry of the period of..
