Schlagwort-Archive: Sofia

Report about hospitals in Burgas, which are allegedly full of unclaimed dead bodies of refugees

Publiziert am 25. Oktober 2022 von mf

While discussions emerged in the European parliament and in the European council weather Bulgaria and Romania should join the Schengen Area, the Bulgarian English-language based webpage Novinite reported recently about unclaimed dead bodies of refugees in several hospitals of Burgas. … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit borderfence, Burgas, death, Schengen, Sofia, Turkey | Schreib einen Kommentar

Violation of Article 3 during detention: ECHR rules against Bulgaria

Publiziert am 12. Dezember 2017 von mf

On the 7th of December 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Bulgaria a violation of Article 3 (inhuman and degrading treatment) concerning a family with its three children during their detainment in 2015. The press release … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Detention, ECHR, Serbia, Sofia, Vidin | Schreib einen Kommentar

Bulgaria restricts Freedom of Movement for asylum seekers

Publiziert am 29. September 2017 von mf

On the 21st of September 2017 the Bulgarian government released a regulation about the restriction of the freedom of movement for registered asylum seekers in Bulgaria. The imposed limits are defined in perimeters for the asylum seekers who are registered … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Banya, Freedom of Movement, Harmanli, Haskovo, Pastrogor, Sliven, Sofia, State agency for refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

10 people die on Bulgaria’s road because of the European border regime

Publiziert am 6. Juni 2017 von mf

On Sunday, the 4th of June a van crashed into a tree on the Trakia motorway between Plovdiv and Sofia, near the town of Pazardzhik. The result of this road crash are 9 dead people from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria plus … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Afghan Refugees, death, Pakistani Refugees, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Sofia, Syrian Refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

Ovcha-Kupel: A place of broken dreams

Publiziert am 5. März 2016 von mf

When Serbia recently started to deport refugees to Bulgaria, some of them stranded in the Reception Center for Asylum Seekers in Sofia/Ovcha Kupel. Jamal Anjuman*, who recently made it through the border to Serbia, but was deported by Serbian border police to the … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit asylum seekers, Borderpolice, Boyko Borisov, Nikola Kazakov, Ovcha Kupel, Rozaliya Dimitrova, SAR, Serbia, Sofia, State agency for refugees | 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

Excessive police violence in Voenna Rampa, Sofia

Publiziert am 1. August 2014 von mf

A video, published by Bulgarian National Television, shows police men beating an asylum-seeker in the camp in Voenna Rampa, Sofia. The incident has taken place on July 30th 2014, when a group of asylum-seekers protested their removal from the camp in Sofia … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit BNT, Bulgarian National Television, Deportation, Harmanli, Homelessness, humanitarian status, Hunger Strike, integration, Integration program, Police brutality, police violence, poverty, resitance, SAR, Sofia, State agency for refugees, status, status-holder, subsidiary protection, Violence, Voenna Rampa | Kommentare deaktiviert

The struggle in the camps continues

Publiziert am 19. Dezember 2013 von mf

On 19th of November, refugees in Harmanli have gone on a hunger strike in the „closed type“ camp of Harmanli, among them more than 100 people, including children. Refugees tried to prevent a truck to enter the camp. Several refugees in … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Busmantsi, Camps, Dublin, Harmanli, Hunger Strike, Lyubimets, Nils Muižnieks, Ovcha Kupel, Refugees of the Syrian civil war, resistance, SAR, Sofia, State agency for refugees, struggle, UNHCR | 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

Hunger Strikes in Bulgaria’s Detention Centers

Publiziert am 18. September 2013 von mf

Refugees, who stayed this year in the ‚closed camp‘ Lyubimetz said, that they have been beaten by camp officials. The situation in the camp is like a prison, stated a member of the UNHCR – the same goes for the Detention Center … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit asylum aplication, Busmantsi, Detention Center, Hunger Strike, Lyubimetz, minors, Ovcha Kupel, Sofia, Syria | Kommentare deaktiviert