Schlagwort-Archive: Ministry of Interior

A huge number of migrants leave Bulgaria

Publiziert am 23. März 2017 von mf

Recently, the State Agency for Refugee (SAR) and the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior (MoI) stated in a report that already thousands of people had left Bulgaria, this year. In January 2017, more than 2210 migrants had already left the country and … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Macedonia, Ministry of Interior, open camps, Serbia, State agency for refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

Human Rights are still negotiable in Bulgaria

Publiziert am 13. Februar 2017 von mf

According to the State Agency for Refugees (SAR), 19,418 asylum applications were registered in Bulgaria (mainly by Afghan, Syrians and Iraqi nationals) last year. From all Afghan asylum seekers, 2,5% of them got a positive decision. Currently, the SAR suggests that 3,728 asylum … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit BHC, ECRE, health-care, housing, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, State agency for refugees, Syrian Refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

Bulgaria’s State Agency for Refugees is registering more asylum seekers

Publiziert am 17. September 2016 von mf

In September 2016, the State Agency for Refugees (SAR) published that it registered 2,776 people asylum seekers during August, 1,543 asylum seekers more than it registered in July. From January the 1st until August the 31st, the SAR granted refugee status to 376 people and 302 got humanitarian … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Busmantsi, European Commission, FRONTEX, humanitarian status, Internal Security Fund, Ministry of Interior, State agency for refugees, status-holder | 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

Breaking News: Man dies after push-back from Bulgaria

Publiziert am 30. Juli 2016 von mf

Several Turkish speaking news sites (citing an article of a journalist from the Anadolou Agency) were reporting about a new victim of the European Border Regime. The 28 year old Iranian Reza Hassani was missing for about 18 days. He was … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, death, Greece, Ministry of Interior, Non-Refoulement, Push-Back, Refoulement, Turkey | 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

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

Ministry of Interior searches new space for refugee camps

Publiziert am 23. März 2016 von mf

Recently, talks about accommodating refugees in a 200 square meters big old military barracks in Kresna (Blagoevgrad Province) triggered a large, and in some cases xenophobic, protest on the 21st of March, held by Bulgarian citizens in Kresna. About a thousand … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Banya, Harmanli, Ministry of Interior, Ovcha Kupel, Pastrogor, Petya Parvanova, SAR, State agency for refugees, Voenna Rampa, Vrazhdebna | 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

Consensus in Bulgarian parliament about the army as border security

Publiziert am 15. Februar 2016 von mf

Last week, the Bulgarian parliament decided to give more power to the army. The new amendment in the Armed Forces Act was proposed in the parliament by the conservative party GERB and was later supported by all other parties (the Reformist … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit army, border, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Ministry of Interior, Nikola Kazakov, Poland, Schengen, Slovakia, State agency for refugees, Viktor Orban, Visegrad Group | Schreib einen Kommentar