Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Illegal migrants detained in Sofia in three separate cases

Photo: mvr.bg

Police officers from Sofia detained 44 illegal migrants in the course of three operations, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. 21 persons were found hidden in a house in the region of West Park, among them two children. The police stopped a van in the vicinity of Stochna Gara railway station transporting 14 men, allegedly Syrian citizens. The driver of the vehicle was arrested, according to initial information he is a citizen of Georgia. In the course of the third operation 9 persons residing in the country illegally, also from Syria, were found in an apartment in Sofia. Criminal investigations are ongoing on all three cases.

Translated from the Bulgarian and posted by Milena Daynova



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

A cold atmospheric front will sweep across the country from west to east

On Thursday, temperatures will be between 16 and 19°C , with 16°C in Sofia. During the day, a cold atmospheric front passing from west to east will bring more significant cloud cover. Scattered showers will start around noon in western and central..

published on 9/10/25 7:05 PM

The entire Europe Motorway to be open for traffic on September 14

The entire Europe Motorway will be open for traffic o n Sunday (September 14) , Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Ivanov said at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Regional Policy, Public Works and Local..

published on 9/10/25 6:01 PM

Institute for Bulgarian Diaspora opens at UniBIT

A new Institute for the Bulgarian Diaspora and Cultural Heritage Abroad has been launched at the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (UniBIT). The move was approved by the government at the request of the university rector...

published on 9/10/25 5:12 PM