At least 18 people, including a child, have been found dead in Bulgaria in an abandoned truck near the capital Sofia, officials said. The truck was transporting timber and carrying illegal migrants hidden in a compartment, the country’s interior ministry said on Friday, adding it was found near the village Read more…
The Bulgarian Minister of Interior Boyko Rashkov plans to significantly increase the number of border guards. He has submitted a proposal for changes in the structural regulations of the Ministry of Interior, which create an opportunity to use the reserve of unallocated staff for the needs of the General Directorate Read more…
Turkey cannot endure a new influx of refugees, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoganwas quoted as saying by local media today. Erdogan spoke at the official opening of the 16th Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. As everyone knows, developments Read more…
The new Taliban government in Afghanistan has warned that if sanctions against the country remain in place, there could be a flow of economic refugees, AFP reported. Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaki told Western diplomats during their recent Doha meetings that “the weakening of the Afghan government is in no Read more…
Some of the refugees fleeing the Taliban’s brutality in Afghanistan��are taking an arduous route across neighboring Iran to try and cross into Turkey. We met a family in the Turkish border city of Van who made it out of Afghanistan the night before the capital fell to the Taliban. “I don’t have money, Read more…
200 illegal migrants were intercepted at the border last night while trying to enter Bulgaria. Between 10 and 15 people were detained, this country’s caretaker Minister of Interior Boyko Rashkov announced in the National Assembly. In his words, the situation regarding the migrant pressure is becoming more complicated. In Minister Rashkov’s Read more…
Several hundred Bulgarian military service personnel will help guard the Bulgarian border to prevent illegal entry into Bulgarian territory, caretaker Defence Minister Georgi Panayotov said on August 26, the ministry said in a statement. After an August 25 co-ordination meeting in Elhovo with the Ministry of Interior, it was confirmed Read more…