Schlagwort-Archive: Ministry of Interior

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 | Hinterlasse 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 | Hinterlasse 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 | Hinterlasse 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 | Hinterlasse 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 | Hinterlasse 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 | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Changes in Bulgaria’s Detention and Deportation System

Publiziert am 20. Januar 2016 von mf

On the 1st of January 2016, new amendments of the Law on the Asylum and Refugees (LAR) came into force. Basically, this change allows the State Agency for Refugees (SAR) “to place asylum seekers in closed centers“, impose curfews for existing open … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Burgas, Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria, Deportation, Detention, Evros, Foundation for Access to Rights (FAR), Haskovo, Maritsa, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, Radostina Pavlova, Rumyana Bachvarova, Valeria Ilareva, Yambol | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

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

Hungerstrike, revolt and xenophobia

Publiziert am 31. Oktober 2013 von mf

The last refugee hungers strike in Bulgaria took part less than a month ago. As of currently new strike has swept the detention center in Busmantsi, near Sofia. A few days later, refugees went on a hunger strike in Lyubimets and … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Busmantsi, Detention Center, Harmanli, hooligans, Hungerstrike, Ministry of Interior, Pastrogor, racism, Refugee, Revolt, SAR, State agency for refugees, Syria, Telish, VMRO, Xenophobia | Kommentare deaktiviert