Bulgaria Must Speed Up Migrants' Deportation, President-Elect Says
Bulgaria should take more urgent measures to deport migrants who cannot obtain refugee status, President-elect Rumen Radev has said.
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Bulgaria should take more urgent measures to deport migrants who cannot obtain refugee status, President-elect Rumen Radev has said.
Bulgaria will move migrants who clashed with police at a refugee camp to closed camps and hopes to start extraditing some to their native Afghanistan next month, outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said, cited by 24 chasa, on November, 26.
Around 300 migrants have been arrested following a riot in Bulgaria's largest refugee camp in Harmanli, as Greece calls on European union member states to speed relocation efforts after a tragic accident killed two migrants in an overcrowded Lesbos camp,
Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, expressed willingness to discuss with President-Elect Rumen Radev his position about relations with Russia and also the migrant crisis, announced BNR, on November, 26.
The Specialised Prosecutor’s Office has started an investigation against a foreigner who set the Bulgarian flag on fire during the disturbances at the migrant centre in Harmanli.
The State Agency for Refugees will not build any new refugee centers, announced on BTV the Chairwoman of the Agency Petia Parvanova.
The riot in the refugee camp in Harmanli has been coordinated with similar disturbances in Italy, Greece and France, announced the State Agency for National Security (DANS).
Another 30 gendarmerie officers will leave for Harmanli, announced outgoing Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova.
The Interior Ministry and the State Agency for Refugees must look for the provocateurs of the riot in Harmanli among the so-called “patriotic” parties and organisations, reckons the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC).
Outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov postponed the planned meeting with Viktor Orban in Hungary due to the escalation of the situation in the refugee camp in Harmanli, announced the Government information service.
Sofia Military-District Prosecutor’s Office has indicted outgoing Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev on charges of malfeasance.
One of the main topics of the meeting between Borisov and Orban scheduled for November 25 in Budapest is finding the right measures to slow down the migrant influx.
In accordance with Art. 100, para.3 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, President Rosen Plevneliev will convene on November 29, 2016 at 10:00 hrs a meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security.
The disturbances in the migrant camp in Harmanli came under control on Thursday night after the detention of 300 of its inhabitants.
Tension in the refugee centre in Harmanli is escalating.
37 projects at a total value of EUR 16,910,099 will be implemented under the programme for cross border cooperation with Serbia.
The Supreme Cassation Court will rule on the case against former Deputy Chairman of DPS and Parliament Hristo Biserov within the deadline stipulated by law.
The consultations of political forces represented in Parliament with President Rossen Plevneliev have come to an end.
Amendments to the Law on Electronic Communications will be introduced next week which will provide the opportunity for mobile operators to give out information about the location of persons who have gone missing in the mountains to rescue teams within two
It is our conviction that this Parliament cannot form a new government, given the declaration of three of the political forces – GERB, BSP and DPS that they will not support and participate in the forming of a new government, stated the Deputy Chairman of
The Haskovo District Court has released five of the border policemen and customs officers who were detained during the operation at the Kapitan Andreevo border cross check point in September on bail of BGN 5,000, reported BNR.
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