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Protest in Busmantsi detention center against new regulations

Detainees in the State Agency of Refugees (SAR) section in Busmantsi/Sofia protested today against the new visiting and supply regulations. The new rule limits visitors to eight in a section of more than twenty-six people. This prevents many prisoners from … Weiterlesen

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Starving against deportation

The human rights activist Abdulrahman al-Khalidi from Saudi Arabia has been imprisoned in Bulgaria for almost three years. Because he fears being deported, he has gone on hunger strike. Abdulrahman al-Khalidi was only allowed to leave the Busmantsi deportation center … Weiterlesen

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Schengen: Joining at any cost

At the end of March 2024, Romania and Bulgaria will no longer be subject to border controls when crossing the sea and air borders into European countries that belong to the so-called Schengen area. This is a success for the … Weiterlesen

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Almost 100 refugees died on their way through Bulgaria within the last two years

According to a research by the ARD studio in Vienna in cooperation with Lighthouse Reports, Der Spiegel, RFE/RL, Solomon and inews – which was published in the beginning of December 2023 – at least 93 people died on their way … Weiterlesen

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Asylum seekers say that they were tortured and beaten in Edirne’s detention center

Members of the detained 104, who are part of the religious minority of the religious minority group Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, claim that they were tortured and beaten. The group, including elderly and children, asked for asylum in … Weiterlesen

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More than 100 refugees pulled back from the Turkish-Bulgarian Border

Today on the the 24th of May 2023, more than 100 members of the religious minority, the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, gathered at the Turkish-Bulgarian border. The group, including women, children and old people, asked there to cross … Weiterlesen

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Another refugee dies on the streets of Bulgaria

Ten refugees from Afghanistan were injured and one died after their car overturned near the Aldomirovo swamp in the Dragoman region. The driver ignored a police sign of the border police and crushed against a concrete block. Six migrants were … Weiterlesen

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Refugee dies on Trakia highway

A minibus with 46 refugees from Afghanistan crashed at the “Trakiya“ highway in the are of Chirpan because of a flat tire. One refugee died at the scene of the accident. 30 injured were taken to nearby hospitals, two are … Weiterlesen

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18 Afghan refugees die in a truck near Sofia

According to Bulgarian authorities 18 dead Afghans were found yesterday in an abandoned truck in the area of Sofia, near the village of Lokorsko. A child is also among the victims. In total more than 50 people were on board. … Weiterlesen

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Shots fired at Bulgarian-Turkish border

On the 3rd of October 2022, a 19-year-old Syrian refugee was shot on the Turkish-Bulgarian border, after a group of refugees was push-backed from Bulgaria to Turkey. The injured young man was brought to a Turkish hospital afterwards, where he … Weiterlesen

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