From the beginning of the year until October 31, more than 170,000 attempts by citizens from third countries to enter the country illegally were prevented, the Bulgarian Border Police reported. Over 99% of them were along the Bulgarian-Turkish..
This morning, the police in Veliko Tarnovo has detained 14 illegal residents, BGNES reported. Together with them, four people were arrested, who are supposed to have assisted and transported the migrants. All were taken for questioning to the regional..
The number of people detained in the country's interior increased by 108% in June, July, August and September, National Assembly Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov told Austrian National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka. The two politicians inspected the..
A minivan transporting 49 illegal residents from Afghanistan, with English license plates, collided with a jeep with Bulgarian registration in the area of Orlov most bridge in Sofia. The driver fled and is being sought. Most of the migrants are..
80 illegal migrants crammed into a TIR truck have been discovered by the police on the Trakia highway near the town of Pazardzhik. The truck has a Turkish registration, and the driver, a 34-year-old Serbian citizen, has been detained. The migrants..
More than 300 illegal migrants were detained in Bulgaria during a special operation on 13 July, said Deputy Prosecutor General Maria Pavlova at a press conference. 19 legal cases have been instituted for trafficking. It was announced, at the..
A drop-off point for illegal migrants near Sofia has been crashed as part of a nationwide action against migrant trafficking. More than 40 migrants were arrested. Three persons who organised the trafficking have also been detained, BNR has learned...
After a police chase, 18 illegal migrants were discovered in a hiding place inside a truck, the Interior Ministry directorate in Burgas has announced. At around 9 AM this morning, a truck and a pilot car refused to pull over after being..
Britain will address Bulgaria and Turkey in efforts to tackle the crisis with migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. At the meeting of the European Political Community in Moldova, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will call on..
Since the beginning of 2023, the number of illegal migrants entering Bulgaria has increased by more than a third as compared to the same period last year. In that respect, Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev announced in..
