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Bulgarian Border Police Bust 27 Illegal Immigrants in 1 Day
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Officers of the Regional Border Police Directorate in Elhovo detained a total of 27 illegal immigrants on Friday, according to the country’s Interior Ministry.
The immigrants were from Syria, Palestine, Morocco, Togo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Turkey. They were aged between 17 and 49.
Five of the detained immigrants did not have IDs.
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