Bulgaria DefMin to Ask EU for Help against Migrant Smuggling

Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said he is to demand help from Europe in the fight against people smuggling in relation to the deepening migrant crisis in the continent.  

Nenchev has made his comments after the Luxembourg Presidency announced it had called in an emergency Justice and Human Affairs Council session on September 14 aimed at working on a better response to the migrant influx.

In his words, days before the event he is set to meet with European counterparts in an unofficial session in Luxembourg where he is planning to ask for "more solidarity on behalf of European partners".

This came after an incident which claimed the life of 71 migrants in Austria, near the border with Hungary. As of Monday morning a total of 4 Bulgarian nationals have been detained as part of an ongoing investigation and are suspected of having taken part in a people smuggling ring.