Archiv des Autors: mf

Changes in Bulgaria’s Detention and Deportation System

Publiziert am 20. Januar 2016 von mf

On the 1st of January 2016, new amendments of the Law on the Asylum and Refugees (LAR) came into force. Basically, this change allows the State Agency for Refugees (SAR) “to place asylum seekers in closed centers“, impose curfews for existing open … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Burgas, Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria, Deportation, Detention, Evros, Foundation for Access to Rights (FAR), Haskovo, Maritsa, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, Radostina Pavlova, Rumyana Bachvarova, Valeria Ilareva, Yambol | Schreib einen Kommentar

“Good old Europe“ is checking the borders of Bulgaria

Publiziert am 12. Dezember 2015 von mf

As many European countries have already considered to build walls at their borders, two politicians of Great Britain and Germany took recently a look at the European border regime, that is partly managed by Europeans pourest country. Lately, the flow of migrants that are entering Bulgaria … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, Boyko Borisov, David Cameron, Elhovo, Horst Seehofer | Kommentare deaktiviert

Silent crossing through Bulgaria ends up in registration process in Serbia

Publiziert am 8. November 2015 von mf

Most of the refugees, crossing via Bulgaria, arrive in Dimitrovgrad, a little town, that is 4 km from the Serbian-Bulgarian Border and 60m away from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. They have to register at a camp, that is managed by the Serbian border police. Registered … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Asylum procedure, BHC, border, Borderpolice, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Dimitrovgrad, Ovcha Kupel, Serbia, Sofia | Kommentare deaktiviert

Bulgaria’s Border Police cooperates with hunters

Publiziert am 22. Oktober 2015 von mf

One could think it was just a bad coincidence when a group of 19 hunters met a group of refugees near the Turkish-Bulgarian border, near of the village of Evrenozovo (near Malko Tarnovo) last Saturday. After the hunters called the police, the group … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, death, fence, Kyustendil, Malko Tarnovo, Nationalists, paramilitary groups, Refugee | Kommentare deaktiviert

No tears for killed Afghani migrant

Publiziert am 16. Oktober 2015 von mf

Last night, at around 22h, an Afghani man was shot dead in Bulgaria by border police. The murder has taken place in Sredets in southern Bulgaria, where a group of more than 50 migrants have been stopped by the police. The first … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, death, Ministry of Interior, Refugees | Kommentare deaktiviert

Europe at the Borderline

Publiziert am 27. Juli 2015 von mf

After the failure of negations concerning the European quota of refugees, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called Bulgaria and Hungary „exceptional cases“ because of their big „migration pressure“. In addition to the border built between Bulgaria and Turkey, now the Hungarian government decided to … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit fence, Hungary, Mardin Nusaybin, Mathias Fiedler, Nils Muižnieks, open camps, Raia Apostolova, Turkey | Kommentare deaktiviert

No free breakfast for asylum-seekers in Bulgaria

Publiziert am 31. März 2015 von mf

Just until recently, asylum-seekers in Bulgaria received 65 BGN (33EUR) a month as part of the state’s social welfare designated to people in need. We are worried to learn however, that even this moderate social provision will be taken away from … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Dublin, humanitarian status, Kazakov, SAR, State agency for refugees, status-holder | Kommentare deaktiviert

The Bulgarian EU border: to anticipate between death and life

Publiziert am 26. März 2015 von mf

As any other peripheral EU border, the Bulgarian one is like a swing that oscillates between life and death. Annually, thousands are trying to cross it in order to find a better life but some, instead, find a fatal end. … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit border, death, Dublin, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Greece, Italy, Push-Back | Kommentare deaktiviert

Still no good life for refugees in Bulgaria

Publiziert am 24. März 2015 von mf

The situation for refugees in Bulgaria still exhibits extreme social vulnerability. As the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) and the European Council on Refugees (ECRE) pointed out in a report from January 2015 the push-backs, the lack of integration and discrimination against asylumseekers … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit BHC, Boyko Borisov, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, ECRE, European Council on Refugees, Push-Back | Kommentare deaktiviert

Report now available in German translation

Publiziert am 22. Dezember 2014 von mf

We are glad to inform you, that our new report is available in German language under the heading „Gefangen in Europas Morast: Die Situation von Asylsuchenden und Flüchtlingen in Bulgarien“ is published. You can download the German Version here. Update: See as well the Vice News episode … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Asylum procedure, border, Camps, Exclusion, Far-Right, humanitarian status, Non-Refoulement, Push-Back, Refoulement, SAR, State agency for refugees, status-holder, Street Violence, vulnerable, Xenophobia | Kommentare deaktiviert