Schlagwort-Archive: State agency for refugees

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

Bulgaria: Still going to be a poor guardian of European’s External Borders

Publiziert am 21. Mai 2016 von mf

At the beginning of May 2016, Sofia and Ankara signed a protocol about returning migrants from Bulgaria back to Turkey from June the 1st, who crossed the border in an “illegal“ way. Since this protocol was never released, it is not clear … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit Borderpolice, European Union, Evros, Maritsa, paramilitary groups, SAR, State agency for refugees | Schreib einen Kommentar

Voenna Rampa: Living on the margins of society

Publiziert am 19. April 2016 von mf

The recent statement of the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, reported by the Focus News Agency that the situation in the Bulgarian refugee camps is perfect, can still not be confirmed. Today, poor living conditions are an ongoing issue in virtually all … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit camp, open camps, SAR, State agency for refugees, Voenna Rampa | 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

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

Head of SAR dismissed / Bulgaria was warned to tighten its border control / Refugee Hunters at the border

Publiziert am 22. Februar 2016 von mf

On the 22nd of February 2016, the government dismissed Nikola Kazakov, the chairman of the (SAR) State Agency for Refugees, and filled the position with Kircho Kirov (a former director of the National Intelligence Service). Kazakov was fired because of “irregularities” in spending money on … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Allgemein | Verschlagwortet mit asylum seekers, Borderpolice, bTV, Dimitrovgrad, Kircho Kirov, Nikola Kazakov, paramilitary groups, Preševo, racist, Refugees, SAR, Serbia, State agency for refugees | 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

No free breakfast for asylum-seekers in Bulgaria

Publiziert am 31. März 2015 von mf

Just until recently, asylum-seekers in Bulgaria received 65 BGN (33EUR) a month as part of the state’s social welfare designated to people in need. We are worried to learn however, that even this moderate social provision will be taken away from … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Dublin, humanitarian status, Kazakov, SAR, State agency for refugees, status-holder | Kommentare deaktiviert

Report now available in German translation

Publiziert am 22. Dezember 2014 von mf

We are glad to inform you, that our new report is available in German language under the heading „Gefangen in Europas Morast: Die Situation von Asylsuchenden und Flüchtlingen in Bulgarien“ is published. You can download the German Version here. Update: See as well the Vice News episode … Weiterlesen →

Veröffentlicht unter Uncategorized | Verschlagwortet mit Asylum procedure, border, Camps, Exclusion, Far-Right, humanitarian status, Non-Refoulement, Push-Back, Refoulement, SAR, State agency for refugees, status-holder, Street Violence, vulnerable, Xenophobia | Kommentare deaktiviert