Border Police Caught 25 Illegal Immigrants At Kapitan Andreevo

Society | May 13, 2014, Tuesday // 17:00
Bulgaria: Border Police Caught 25 Illegal Immigrants At Kapitan Andreevo Photo: Interior Ministry

Bulgaria's Border Police caught 22 illegal immigrants at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing with Turkey, said Interior Ministry. 

The 22 men, two women and one child were hidden in two containers on a freight train travelling from Turkey. 

None of them had documents, but three said they were from Myanmar and the rest – from Syria. 

The group will be placed in the distribution center in Elhovo and later processed into one of the refugee centers in Bulgaria.

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