Schlagwort-Archive: Push-Back

Push-Backs and Pull-Backs: Bulgaria and Turkey continue to collaborate closely as ‚gatekeepers‘ of the EU

Publiziert am 16. Januar 2021 von mf

Bodermonitoring Bulgaria (BMB) mentioned in its new report from June 2020 the ongoing usage of Push Backs at the external borders of Bulgaria. The tactics of the Bulgarian Border Police contain dogs, pepper spray, beating and robbing and are mentioned … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Borderpolice, FRONTEX, Ministry of Interior, Pull-Back, Push-Back | Schreib einen Kommentar

Serbian Constitutional Court rules against illegal pushback by Serbian border police to Bulgaria

Publiziert am 31. Dezember 2020 von mf

In December 2020, the Serbian Constitutional Court ruled, that Serbian border control officers unlawfully deported a group of Afghan refugees from Serbia to Bulgaria in February 2017 and violated their rights. The court ordered Serbian authorities to pay the 17 … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, Push-Back, Serbia | Schreib einen Kommentar

Turkish citizen deported from Bulgaria to Turkey without a fair asylum procedure

Publiziert am 20. September 2020 von mf

Two days ago another Turkish citizen had been expelled from Bulgaria to Turkey. This time it was the 39-year-old Selahattin Ürün, a political refugee and activist for the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and a former mayoral candidate of the city … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Boyko Borisov, Deportation, Ministry of Interior, Push-Back, Turkey | Schreib einen Kommentar

New report published

Publiziert am 1. Juli 2020 von mf

Together with Bordermonitoring.eu we published a new report in June 2020 on the situation of people on the move in Bulgaria. The report, which is available in German language, is an update to the report from 2014. For many years now, … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Detention, Push-Back, State agency for refugees, status-holder, Turkey | Schreib einen Kommentar

Border crossings to Bulgaria are increasing

Publiziert am 11. November 2018 von mf

In the last months the number of “illegal migrants“ who wanted to cross the border to Bulgaria increased in the time from August 2018 till October 2018. A total of 2.416 people were detained in this period by the Bulgarian authorities. … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Borderpolice, Evros, Greece, Kırklareli, Maritsa, Push-Back, Serbia, Slivnitsa, Turkey | 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

The (unseen) violent and forced push-backs on the Bulgarian-Turkish land border

Publiziert am 10. März 2018 von mf

Last month (12th-14th February 2018) members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in the European Parliament were present in Bulgaria to collect objective first-hand information on the Bulgarian-Turkish land border. After the visit Marie-Christine Vergiat, the … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Borderpolice, Greece, Ministry of Interior, police violence, Push-Back, State agency for refugees, Turkey | 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

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