In 2020 the Interior Ministry registered double the number of refugees detained. The highest number of people detained - entering the country illicitly and passing in transit - was in the interior of the country. The increase on an annual basis is by 71 % - in 2019 their number was 1,201 and in 2020 – 2,053.
1,447 is the number of migrants detained while attempting to enter the country illegally. 1,500 people, most of them from Afghanistan, were detained while attempting to leave the country’s territory and enter Serbia, which is an increase of 80%. The migration pressure mounted during the summer, most of all along the border with Greece, statistics show.
716 foreigners were granted refugee status in Bulgaria in 2020 out of over 3,500 applications submitted. 1,374 have been denied refugee status, 452 cases have been dismissed.
Sunny weather will prevail on Monday. In the afternoon and until midnight, cumulus and cumulus-rain clouds will develop and in some places there will be short-term precipitation accompanied by thunder. They will be more significant in the extreme..
An important meeting of the Bulgarian ambassador in Abuja promoted cultural exchange between Bulgaria and Nigeria , CBAAC News Journal reports. It is about the participation of His Excellency Yanko Yordanov in a cultural discussion with the Director..
Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil has called on the faithful to pray for the strengthening of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is threatened with closure . He presided over the holy liturgy celebrated today in the church "St. Ivan Rilski" in Pernik...
The 32 nd edition of the exhibition "Agriculture and Everything About It" will be held between August 28 and 31. It is organized by the Dobrich Fair...
The migrant pressure on the Bulgarian-Turkish border has decreased by 70% compared to last year, said Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov, Director of the..
Overnight there will be considerable cloud over the eastern half of the country, with rain and thunder in some places. The western parts will remain..
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