Schlagwort-Archive: Boyko Borisov

Update on the current situation at the borders to Greece and Turkey

Publiziert am 12. November 2019 von mf

In the first 10 months of 2019, the Bulgarian Border Police officers prevented 2,122 attempts at ‚illegal‘ entry at the Bulgarian-Turkish border and 3,795 attempts at the border with Greece. This was statet by the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior (MoI). In September … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Borderpolice, Boyko Borisov, FRONTEX, Greece, Ministry of Interior, Turkey | Schreib einen Kommentar

Bulgaria’s government approved changes for a restricted movement regime

Publiziert am 2. September 2016 von mf

Last week, changes were approved by the Bulgarian government to the statute of the national refugee agency of Bulgaria. Basically, the changes will restrict the movement of asylum seekers in the open centers of the State Agency for Refugees (SAR) … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Boyko Borisov, Detention, Harmanli, Petya Parvanova, Rumyana Bachvarova, SAR | Schreib einen Kommentar

Push-Backs: Bulgarian-Turkish cooperation leads to more violation of human rights

Publiziert am 15. August 2016 von mf

On the 11th of August 2016, Bulgaria was criticized by the UN rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, who sees ‘worrying signs’ in Bulgaria’s detention regime for migrants. He said he is concerned about the court cases in the Svilengrad Regional Court. Many migrants … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Banya Bashi Mosque, Binali Yıldırım, border police, Boyko Borisov, Detention, Detention Center, Greece, Maria Luiza Boulevard, Maya Manolova, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, Turkey | Schreib einen Kommentar

Bulgarian state supports racist groups which are hunting for migrants

Publiziert am 13. April 2016 von mf

Since the private TV station bTV reported about people who are patroling with All-terrain vehicles through the border region of Bulgaria and calling their leader a national hero, more groups popped up in public which claim for arresting the migrants who crossed to … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, Boyko Borisov, paramilitary groups | Schreib einen Kommentar

The EU/Turkey-agreement and (possible) effects on Bulgaria

Publiziert am 20. März 2016 von mf

As the EU-Turkey agreement came into effect on today, the 20th March 2016, there could again emerge a tremendous change of the main route, that people use to move towards Western Europe. Greece will turn literally into a detention zone and many migrants will … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Boyko Borisov, Detention, Donald Tusk, Hans Peter Doskozil, Harmanli, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Kristalina Georgieva, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, SAR, State agency for refugees, Voenna Rampa, Vrazhdebna | Schreib einen Kommentar

Unaccompanied minors inside Bulgaria’s detention centers / Drills at the border to Greece

Publiziert am 9. März 2016 von mf

The Bulgarian Ombudswoman, Maya Manolova, announced this week that unaccompanied minors are placed in Bulgaria’s detention centers with other adults, “who are not members of their families or authorized companions“. The announcement was part of a report about the results of … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit army, border, Boyko Borisov, Detention, Detention Center, Foundation for Access to Rights, Greece, Kulata, Maya Manolova, Ombudsman, Refugees, unaccompanied minors, Valeria Ilareva | Schreib einen Kommentar

Ovcha-Kupel: A place of broken dreams

Publiziert am 5. März 2016 von mf

When Serbia recently started to deport refugees to Bulgaria, some of them stranded in the Reception Center for Asylum Seekers in Sofia/Ovcha Kupel. Jamal Anjuman*, who recently made it through the border to Serbia, but was deported by Serbian border police to the … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit asylum seekers, Borderpolice, Boyko Borisov, Nikola Kazakov, Ovcha Kupel, Rozaliya Dimitrova, SAR, Serbia, Sofia, State agency for refugees | 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

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