Schlagwort-Archive: State agency for refugees

Starving against deportation

Publiziert am 4. August 2024 von mf

The human rights activist Abdulrahman al-Khalidi from Saudi Arabia has been imprisoned in Bulgaria for almost three years. Because he fears being deported, he has gone on hunger strike. Abdulrahman al-Khalidi was only allowed to leave the Busmantsi deportation center … Weiterlesen →

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

Bulgaria: Capacity of refugee centers located at the Turkish-Bulgarian border to be fully stretched

Publiziert am 3. September 2022 von mf

Currently the capacities of the two Bulgarian refugee centers next to the Bulgarian-Turkish border Pastrogor and Lyubimets are overcrowded. The closed refugee center of Lyubimets which is operated by the Ministry of Interior is planned to be exceeded by 1,200 … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit border, Borderpolice, death, Detention, Ministry of Interior, State agency for refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

New Bulgarian government did not lead to positive changes for asylum seekers, so far

Publiziert am 10. Februar 2022 von mf

In November 2021 the parliament was be elected for the third time in 2021. Forming a government had failed twice previously, and an interim prime minister was put into office afterwards. The former government is embroiled in scandals and human … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Corona, discrimination, Push-Back, Reception Center, SAR, State agency for refugees | 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

Bulgaria’s responsibility at the EU’s Borders with Turkey

Publiziert am 20. März 2020 von mf

The current situation at the Greek-Turkish border’s camp at Pazarkule / Kastanies is unbearable. On March 13, 2020, 19 Bulgarian civil society organizations and activists sent an open letter to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, the President of the European … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Boyko Borisov, State agency for refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

Infringement procedure against Bulgaria and Asylum Applications 2018

Publiziert am 22. März 2019 von mf

In 2018, according to the recently published statistics by the State agency for Refugees (SAR), 2.536 first-time applications were applied to Bulgaria. Therefrom 81,7 % were men, 33,2 % were underaged and 19,0 % were unaccompanied minors. In the same … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit European Commission, State agency for refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

Status quo in Bulgaria’s refugee centers

Publiziert am 2. August 2018 von mf

The EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency recently cited the Ombudswoman, in an interview published in its report from July 2018, who criticized the open centers for asylum seekers for their lack of interpreters, qualified psychological care (especially for victims of torture … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Bordermonitoring.eu, Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria, Harmanli, Ministry of Interior, Ombudsman, Pastrogor, State agency for refugees, VRMO | Schreib einen Kommentar

The start of the trial against the Harmanli 21

Publiziert am 26. April 2018 von mf

On the 24th of April 2018, at 13:30, the first hearing of the trial about the riot in the camp took place at the Regional court in Harmanli. At already 13:00, journalists had gathered in front of the court house. Some of … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Harmanli, Harmanli21, Lyubimets, Migration Directorate, State agency for refugees | 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

Local District Prosecutor’s Office indicts 21 asylum seekers for a riot at Harmanli’s refugee camp

Publiziert am 9. Januar 2018 von mf

A Local District Prosecutor’s Office decided to indict 21 asylum seekers for “hooliganism with boldness and cynicism“ concerning the riot which happened in December 2016 in Harmanli’s refugee camp. The riot broke out after authorities closed Bulgaria’s biggest refugee camp, because … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria, Harmanli, Harmanli21, Health Inspectorate, Krasimir Kanev, riot, State agency for refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar