Schlagwort-Archive: border

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

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

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

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

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

Is Bulgaria violating the Non-Refoulement Principle?

Publiziert am 18. November 2013 von mf

In 2012, the Bulgarian lawyer Valeria Ilareva stated that Bulgaria is sending asylum seekers to Greece without registering them as subjects that have sought protection. On the 11th of November, 2013, Bulgaria „closed the border“ to Turkey by sending 1166 policemen at the border. In a statement, … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Blood & Honour, border, Borderpolice, Bulgarian National-Radical Party, Council of Europe, fence, Greece, National Resistance, Nationalist Party of Bulgaria, Non-Refoulement, Ovcha Kupel, Refoulement, Strandzha, Syrian Refugees, Telish, Turkey, UNHCR, Xenophobia | Kommentare deaktiviert

Europe is building a new wall at the external border

Publiziert am 22. Oktober 2013 von mf

In the beginning of October 2013, the executive director of FRONTEX called the Bulgarian-Turkish border the „the most important land border in the EU„. In another interview, he admitted that – from time to time – the agency is involved in … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, cameras, checkpoints, control, Elhovo, European Union, fence, FRONTEX, Harmanli, Kazanlak, racism, Refoulement, SAR, State agency for refugees, Syrian Refugees, Xenophobia | Kommentare deaktiviert

The in/visible borders of Fortress Europe

Publiziert am 8. Oktober 2013 von mf

While the European Commission (EC) is discussing if financial aid is to be relocated to Bulgaria in order to cover the growing expenses connected to the refugees fleeing into the country, the numbers of people that are crossing the border … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit BBC, BHC, border, Borderpolice, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, European Commission, European Union, fence, Kapitan Andreevo, Kazanlak, lampedusa, Ovcha Kupel, Pastrogor, Refugee, Sofia, Syrian Refugees, Voenna Rampa | Kommentare deaktiviert