Schlagwort-Archive: fence

Refugee dies on Trakia highway

Publiziert am 26. Februar 2023 von mf

A minibus with 46 refugees from Afghanistan crashed at the “Trakiya“ highway in the are of Chirpan because of a flat tire. One refugee died at the scene of the accident. 30 injured were taken to nearby hospitals, two are … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Afghanistan, Chirpan, death, fence | Schreib einen Kommentar

Critique by the Council of Europe on Bulgaria’s Push-Back and Detention Regime

Publiziert am 22. Juli 2018 von mf

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 →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Detention, Detention Center, fence, FRONTEX, Push-Back | Schreib einen Kommentar

Traces of migration flow at the Bulgarian-Turkish border

Publiziert am 21. Oktober 2017 von mf

Yesterday, on the 20th of October 2017 the Defence Minister of Bulgaria Krassimir Karakachanov stated that ladders had been used to climb the fence at the Bulgarian-Turkish border. On the same day the minister said to BGNews that the fence is … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, fence, Krassimir Karakachanov, Ministry of Interior, Turkey, Valeri Simeonov | Schreib einen Kommentar

Bulgaria responds with push-backs to the increasing amount of asylum-seekers

Publiziert am 6. Juni 2016 von mf

In the last days there were reports appearing concerning several groups of people who managed to pass from Greece to Bulgaria. It was furthermore reported by the news agency Novinite that 53 migrants were quickly sent back by the Bulgarian authorities … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit asylum seekers, Belgrade, border, Busmantsi, fence, Greece, Kulata, Mariya Ivancheva, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, Refoulement, Turkey | Schreib einen Kommentar

Bulgaria as an alternative Route?

Publiziert am 11. März 2016 von mf

The complete closing of the humanitarian corridor caused a humanitarian emergency in the Greek village Idomeni. In the recent days Bulgaria’s politicians have expressed their fear, that an alternative humanitarian corridor could emerge via Bulgaria. The Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov warned about such developments and the Interior Minister Rumyana … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, Burgas, Daniel Mitov, David Cameron, fence, Meglena Kuneva, Nikolay Nenchev, Strandzha, Yambol | Schreib einen Kommentar

Breaking News: Two women froze to death in Bulgaria’s borderland

Publiziert am 7. Februar 2016 von mf

The private television channel bTV reported about two refugee women who have died, in the near of Malko Tarnovo at Strandzha mountain massif on Saturday. Since days the region, where the group was found, saw freezing temperatures. Apparently, the women were part of a bigger group, at … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit asylum seekers, border, Borderpolice, death, fence, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, Syrian Refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

Bulgaria’s Border Police cooperates with hunters

Publiziert am 22. Oktober 2015 von mf

One could think it was just a bad coincidence when a group of 19 hunters met a group of refugees near the Turkish-Bulgarian border, near of the village of Evrenozovo (near Malko Tarnovo) last Saturday. After the hunters called the police, the group … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, death, fence, Kyustendil, Malko Tarnovo, Nationalists, paramilitary groups, Refugee | Kommentare deaktiviert

Europe at the Borderline

Publiziert am 27. Juli 2015 von mf

After the failure of negations concerning the European quota of refugees, the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called Bulgaria and Hungary „exceptional cases“ because of their big „migration pressure“. In addition to the border built between Bulgaria and Turkey, now the Hungarian government decided to … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit fence, Hungary, Mardin Nusaybin, Mathias Fiedler, Nils Muižnieks, open camps, Raia Apostolova, Turkey | 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

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