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Border crossings to Bulgaria are increasing
In the last months the number of “illegal migrants“ who wanted to cross the border to Bulgaria increased in the time from August 2018 till October 2018. A total of 2.416 people were detained in this period by the Bulgarian authorities. … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Borderpolice, Evros, Greece, Kırklareli, Maritsa, Push-Back, Serbia, Slivnitsa, Turkey
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Man from Pakistan died of exhaustion in Bulgaria’s border area
On Tuesday (2nd of October) a Bulgarian border police patrol discovered a group of three people from Afghanistan and two people from Pakistan, near the Bulgarian-Greek border around the little village of Siva Reka. The group reported to the police … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, death, Detention, Siva Reka
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Court Hearing against the Harmanli 21 again postponed
On the 27th of September the postponed trial (from the 11th and 12th September) took place. Again only 10 Afghan migrants appeared in front of the court. The court still did not do a hearing with them. A small group … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Harmanli, Harmanli21, police, protest, riot
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The trial against the Harmanli 21 has started
Today, the trial against the Harmanli 21 has finally started, after it was already postponed two times. Still only 10 people were present in front of the court and were brought in and out the court building via the back door. … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Harmanli, Harmanli21, protest, riot
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Status quo in Bulgaria’s refugee centers
The EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency recently cited the Ombudswoman, in an interview published in its report from July 2018, who criticized the open centers for asylum seekers for their lack of interpreters, qualified psychological care (especially for victims of torture … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Bordermonitoring.eu, Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria, Harmanli, Ministry of Interior, Ombudsman, Pastrogor, State agency for refugees, VRMO
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Critique by the Council of Europe on Bulgaria’s Push-Back and Detention Regime
Reports by the Council of Europe In the last months two institutions of the Council of Europe reported about the situation of refugees and asylum-seekers in Bulgaria. One report published in April 2018 by Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Detention, Detention Center, fence, FRONTEX, Push-Back
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Trial against the Harmanli 21 posponed again
On the 5th of June 2018 the trial against the Harmanli 21 was postponed again. As last time, 10 of the 21 accused migrants were present. The hearing started with people in attendance to support the migrants. They took out … Weiterlesen
The start of the trial against the Harmanli 21
On the 24th of April 2018, at 13:30, the first hearing of the trial about the riot in the camp took place at the Regional court in Harmanli. At already 13:00, journalists had gathered in front of the court house. Some of … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Harmanli, Harmanli21, Lyubimets, Migration Directorate, State agency for refugees
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Court hearing scheduled for the Harmanli 21
The Harmanli local district court had scheduled the court hearing against 21 Afghans, who are accused of taking part in the riot on the 24th of November 2016. After the riot, that broke out following a protest against quarantine measures, … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit court, Harmanli, Harmanli21, riot
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The death of Rebin Mitran
The young man in the photo who is raising up his fist is Rebin Mitran, an Iraqian Kurdish citizen who got a refugee status in Bulgaria. He died on the 1st of March in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, … Weiterlesen
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Verschlagwortet mit Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Homelessness, Integration program, Refugee status, status, status-holder
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