Refugee

The refugee influx to Bulgaria doubled in the last few months, the State Agency for Refugees informs.

According to Vasil Varbanov, deputy chairman of the Agency, Bulgaria can receive some 6 thousand migrants.

Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) is planning to build a “camp” for cattle that were left on the Syrian side of the border by refugees fleeing jihadi militants.

Bulgaria's State Agency for Refugees has presented a humble report on its progress in finding jobs for refugees.

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The United Nations refugee agency said on Sept. 23 it was making contingency plans for all 400,000 inhabitants of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane to flee into Turkey

Police have detained 78 illegal immigrants in an operation at a hostel in downtown Sofia.

The illegal immigrants, Iraqi and Afghanistan nationals, were detained in a joint operation of the Sofia Directorate of the Ministry of Interior and Border Police, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Television.

Some 10 illegal immigrants were sharing one room.

Bulgarian border police have forced Syrian asylum seekers back to Turkey and has beaten some of them over the past month, a new report released by Human Rights Watch claims.

The United Nations says it will slash food rations to four million Syrian refugees by 40 percent in October citing the shortage of funds as an excuse, although it has better access to areas in need

The Health Ministry is working on a plan to allow Syrian doctors and nurses in the country to treat Syrian refugees

Macedonian police have discovered a record number of refugees from Syria trying to illegally cross the country on their way towards Western Europe in the past two weeks.

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Bulgarian Red Cross has set up a language camp for refugee children, the press office of the organization announced.

It is organized by the Refugee-Migrant Service to the Bulgarian Red Cross and takes place between September 8-14.