Schlagwort-Archive: Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

Another refugee dies on the streets of Bulgaria

Publiziert am 20. März 2023 von mf

Ten refugees from Afghanistan were injured and one died after their car overturned near the Aldomirovo swamp in the Dragoman region. The driver ignored a police sign of the border police and crushed against a concrete block. Six migrants were … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Borderpolice, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, death, Dragoman, ECRE | Schreib einen Kommentar

Number of refugees in detention is increasing

Publiziert am 8. November 2021 von mf

In September 2021 a total of 1,626, so called, third-country nationals were detained in Bulgaria, according published statistics from the Ministry of Interior. 154 people were detained at the entrance to the external state border of Bulgaria and 128 people at the exit while a … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Detention, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, Turkey | Schreib einen Kommentar

The death of Rebin Mitran

Publiziert am 30. März 2018 von mf

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 →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Homelessness, Integration program, Refugee status, status, status-holder | Schreib einen Kommentar

Local District Prosecutor’s Office indicts 21 asylum seekers for a riot at Harmanli’s refugee camp

Publiziert am 9. Januar 2018 von mf

A Local District Prosecutor’s Office decided to indict 21 asylum seekers for “hooliganism with boldness and cynicism“ concerning the riot which happened in December 2016 in Harmanli’s refugee camp. The riot broke out after authorities closed Bulgaria’s biggest refugee camp, because … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria, Harmanli, Harmanli21, Health Inspectorate, Krasimir Kanev, riot, State agency for refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

Harmanli: The days after the riot

Publiziert am 30. November 2016 von mf

It was reported that after the riots, in the night, around 9 p.m. the police stormed into the three buildings, which are inhabited by asylum seekers predominantly from Afghanistan. They have beaten severely all men and teenage boys for two hours and … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Elhovo, Harmanli, riot, State agency for refugees, UNHCR | Schreib einen Kommentar

Legal and organizational problems in Bulgaria’s closed camps

Publiziert am 28. März 2016 von mf

At the moment, there are three camps of a closed type existing in Bulgaria. The buildings, which are administered from the Migration Directorate of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), provide 1,040 places: The Detention Center in Busmantsi has 400, the Detention Center in … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit BHC, Borderpolice, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Busmantsi, Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria, Detention, Detention Center, Elhovo, Lyubimets, Ministry of Interior, unaccompanied minors | Schreib einen Kommentar

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

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

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

Overcrowding in refugee camps

Publiziert am 22. September 2013 von mf

At the moment, camps in Bulgaria are overcrowded, people are sleeping in corridors or even in the streets, because there is no place for them. According to the Bulgarian Red Cross, 1500 refugees are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, and a further 500 … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Banya, BHC, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, European Asylum Office, FRONTEX, Lyubimetz, Pastrogor, SAR, State agency for refugees, Transit Center, Vrajdebna | Kommentare deaktiviert