Agency for Refugees

Migrant pressure in Bulgaria has reached a critical point, reported BGNES, citing sources at the state Agency for Refugees.

The information is confirmed by the regular report of the Interior Ministry, according to which, by September 22, refugee centres were full at 98%.

A Coordination Centre for Counteracting Illegal Migration has been established with Chief Directorate Border Police, announced the Ministry of Interior.

Daily scandals between migrants often growing into massive fights disturb the everyday life of residents of the Ovcha kupel neighbourhood in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

The garbage left by the inhabitants of the refugee centre and suspicions for human smuggling have also become part of the daily routine of local residents.

The Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations working in Macedonia say refugee children are increasingly getting sick because of the sharp downturn in the weather.

The main camp for migrants in Macedonia is also experiencing electricity shortages that further complicate matters.

Bulgaria's National Audit Office has made clear that the implementation of the national program for the integration of refugees in the period 2011-2013 failed to produce any effect.

Human Rights Watch is a fraudulent organization which cynically manipulates public opinion, president of Bulgaria's State Agency for Refugees Nikolai Chirpanliev claimed.