Archiv der Kategorie: Uncategorized

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

New hunger strike, push-backs and death in the border region

Publiziert am 21. September 2014 von mf

According to information received from asylum seekers, there has been a hunger strike in the detention facility in Lyubimets for the last few days. Nearly 100 people, including women and children, have taken part in the protest action. The reasons … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, death, families, Human Rights Watch, Hunger Strike, Lyubimets, Malko Tarnovo, Non-Refoulement, poverty, protest, Push-Back, Refoulement, resistance, Syrian Refugees, Turkey | Kommentare deaktiviert

Excessive police violence in Voenna Rampa, Sofia

Publiziert am 1. August 2014 von mf

A video, published by Bulgarian National Television, shows police men beating an asylum-seeker in the camp in Voenna Rampa, Sofia. The incident has taken place on July 30th 2014, when a group of asylum-seekers protested their removal from the camp in Sofia … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit BNT, Bulgarian National Television, Deportation, Harmanli, Homelessness, humanitarian status, Hunger Strike, integration, Integration program, Police brutality, police violence, poverty, resitance, SAR, Sofia, State agency for refugees, status, status-holder, subsidiary protection, Violence, Voenna Rampa | Kommentare deaktiviert

Statement about the latest developments

Publiziert am 19. Juli 2014 von mf

In the light of the latest developments in the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Bulgaria Bordermonitoring is sad to observe its most feared concerns coming true. It became apparent that the solutions to the refugee crisis with regards … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit accomodation, asylum seekers, Dublin, economic disparity, fence, Homelessness, humanitarian status, Refugees, SAR, State agency for refugees, status, status-holder, Violence | Kommentare deaktiviert

New report available

Publiziert am 7. Juli 2014 von mf

Trapped in Europe’s Quagmire: The situation of asylum seekers and refugees in Bulgaria is Bordermonitoring’s report on Bulgaria. The making of the report was undertaken by four independent researchers and follows structural conditions in the country which place asylum-seekers and … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Asylum procedure, border, Camps, Chaos, Exclusion, Far-Right, Homelessness, humanitarian status, institutions, integration, legal experts, Non-Refoulement, Push-Back, racism, racists assaults, Refoulement, Restrictions, status, status-holder, Street Violence, subsidiary protection, unwanted, Violence, vulnerable, Xenophobia | Kommentare deaktiviert

New report available tomorrow!

Publiziert am 6. Juli 2014 von mf

The reports on stories collected in Bulgaria, while the journalist Andrea Rehmsmeier, visited the country in the months of April and May 2014. The broadcast covers the hardships that status-holders endure after the granting of their status. As a 19 year … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Bordermonitoring Bulgaria, Deutschlandradio, Far-Right, Homelessness, hooligans, integration, racism, Report, status, status-holder, subsidiary protection | Kommentare deaktiviert

Child beaten at EU-Border: Brutal Push-Backs continue in Bulgaria

Publiziert am 25. April 2014 von mf

On April 21st, 2014 Border Monitoring Bulgaria (BMB) recorded yet another case of a push-back of a single Syrian mother with her four children (10, 17, 22, 24 years old) accompanied by severe police violence. Relatives reported that in their … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, Dublin, Elhovo, Harmanli, Human Rights Watch, Pastrogor, Push-Back, Refoulement, Syrian Refugees, Turkey, UNHCR, Violence | Kommentare deaktiviert