The Bulgarian G endarmerie detained 14 illegal migrants from Syria, Libya and Tunisia in a private ambulance near the village of Draka, Burgas Municipality . The ambulance driver, a thirty-one-year-old man from Sofia, was dressed as a paramedic,..
Two people were injured after last night's chase between police and a SUV carrying 18 illegal migrants on the road between Elhovo and Burgas. An Iraqi woman and a Syrian child were slightly injured in the incident. The driver, a Georgian, was..
In a letter to the MPs, the caretaker cabinet proposes amendments to the criminal code connected with harsher penalties for persons involved in the illegal trafficking of migrants. Some of the proposals aim to prevent suspended sentences. The..
Interior Ministry Chief Secretary, chief commissioner Petar Todorov and deputy Chief Secretary Stanimir Stanev have resigned , Petar Todorov has announced. The reason is the latest incident in which a police officer was injured during the attempted..
A total of 12,740 illegal migrants have been detained in Bulgaria for the first nine months of 2022, as more of 2,800 of them were detained in September . This is what the statistics of the Ministry of the Interior show. 1,855..
37 illegal immigrants were detained during two police raids in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, the BNR reported. The first group consisted of 31 people who claimed they were Syrian nationals. The second group consisted of 6 people- five..
Deyan Mollov, deputy director of General Directorate Border Police, has resigned. Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev demanded his resignation after the Burgas incident, in which a bus of illegal migrants killed two policemen. Mollov's resignation was..
During a police operation in Pomorie last night, the police detained two men with a criminal record, aged 44 and 47, for harbouring refugees. In the course of three days the two men concealed 9 refugees without identity documents, purporting..
Two groups of migrants have been detained in the past week near the village of Voneshta Voda in the Pass of the Republic, Yanko Parvanov, Mayor of Voneshta Voda said for the BNR. The first group of illegal migrants consisted of 11 people. They were..
Seven people have been arrested after a police operation aimed at breaking up an organized criminal group that trafficked illegal migrants across the country, the Ministry of Interior said at a briefing. The group was led by an..
