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Serbia Saying Ready to Face Potential Rise in Migrant Inflow from Bulgaria
Serbia's Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Thursday the government is getting ready to receive "a potentially larger inflow of migrants from Bulgaria" at Dimitrovgrad border crossing but doesn't intend to keep anyone inside the country by force.
Turkey to Remove Refugees from Border Region by Week's End, Edirne Governor Says
Hundreds of refugees hoping to cross the Turkish border into Greece or Bulgaria would have to return to refugee camps in southern Turkey, the governor of Turkey's Edirne province has said.
"They have to leave here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow," Anadolu Agency quoted Governor Dursun Ali Sahin as saying on Thursday.
Erdine province is bordering both Greece and Bulgaria.
Migrants flood into Croatia after Hungary clashes
Thousands of migrants poured into Croatia on Sept.17, quickly overwhelming authorities, who warned the country had limited capacity to cope with an expected influx of 20,000 over the next two weeks.
Bulgaria sends army to borders with Turkey to stem refugee ‘tide’
Bulgaria has decided to deploy military personnel to its borders with Turkey in an effort to stem the flow of incoming refugees and migrants into the country. The plan provides for the movement of approximately 1,000 soldiers to the Bulgarian-Turkish border line. The decision was reached following the attempt of 660 refugees to enter Bulgarian territory over the past week alone.
Bulgaria FM: Syria's Problems Could Only Be Solved by Int'l Coalition
Europe should explore ways to solve the solve the deep running problems in Syria, instead of stimulating the migrant influx, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has said.
In an interview with private national bTV channel, he has reiterated that an international coalition must be set up to fight the Islamic State (IS) group and explore options to deal with the migrant crisis.
EU Parliament Backs Migrant Quotas Proposal
The European Parliament on Thursday gave the green light to a plan put forward by the EU Commission under which 120 000 migrants will be relocated from Greece, Italy, and Hungary.
Bulgaria sends more soldiers to border with Turkey
Bulgaria has started deploying more soldiers on its border with Turkey due to "the complicated situation" related to the migrant crisis.
The Bulgarian army could send up to 1,000 troops to back up border police if needed, the country's defense minister has said.
Bulgaria Ready to Deploy 1000 Troops to Turkey Border over Migrant Pressure
Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev said on Wednesday that Bulgaria might move to sent up to 1000 people to patrol along the border with Turkey, amid expectations of renewed migratory pressure.
By the end of Wednesday, the number of people to be deployed will be somewhere between 50 and 160, the Bulgarian National Radio quotes him as saying.
Bulgaria Should Receive Syrians of Mixed Religion, IntMin Says
Bulgaria's Interior Minister has voiced the preference of her government as to the nationality and religion of migrants that Bulgaria is to accept under the EU quota scheme pending approval.
Rumyana Bachvarova told private national NOVA TV on Thursday that, when asked about that by Europe, Sofia had pointed to Syrian families.
Express: Romania, Bulgaria to Use Migrant Crisis to Gain Free Movement in EU
Romania and Bulgaria are planning to use the migrant crisis, trading their approval of quotas for access to the Schengen borderless area, the Daily Express has claimed.
Hundreds of Migrants 'Walking toward Bulgaria'
Some 800 migrants headed from Istanbul in Turkey to Edirne, a city to the northwest, as they are trying to cross into Bulgaria and thus reach the EU, media sources say.
According to a Turkey correspondent for the Bulgarian National Radio, they were trying to reach Bulgaria or Greece's borders by bus and give either border a try.
The Times: Refugees Stepping up Use of Route via 'Bulgarian Badlands'
"A long-established mafia network in the eastern Balkans" has become "the newest link in the chain" used by people traffickers to smuggle migrants and refugees from the Middle East and south Asia into Europe, The Times has said.
Bulgaria Issues Belgrade-Budapest Route Travel Warning Due to Migrant Crisis in Hungary
Bulgaria on Tuesday warned its citizens to avoid using the main road linking Serbia's capital Belgrade with Hungary's Budapest after Hungarian authorities closed Roszke border crossing for cars and passengers to stem migrant influx.
Bulgaria's Health Minister Proposes to Introduce 'Junk Food' Tax
Bulgaria's Health Minister Petar Moskov has proposed to introduce a new tax on producers of "junk food" to stimulate the use of healthy food, particularly by children and adolescents.
Finance Ministry Reopens 5-Year Issue of BGN-Denominated Govt Securities at 0.94% Yield
Bulgaria's Finance Ministry reopened a 5-year issue of Government Securities (GS) with maturity February 4, 2020.
Securities with nominal value of BGN 100 million were offered at the auction held on September 14, 2015 . The annual average weighted yield achieved was 0.94%.
By comparison, the yield achieved at the previous auction on May 18, 2015 for the same issue was 1.28%.