Asylum seeker

The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has strongly condemned the shooting which resulted in the death of a migrant near Bulgaria's border with Turkey, its local spokesperson, Boris Cheshirkov, has announced.

Stefanovic: No ISIS members among refugees so far

Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic stated on Thursday that stable security situation has been maintained in the border area despite a drastic increase in the number of migrants, adding there has been no ISIS fighters among the refugees so far.

Non-governmental organizations defending human rights, Amnesty International and ProAsyl, calls the German Parliament not to vote for the new package of measures that Germany’s government has submitted on immigration and asylum policy, according to Die Welt and Die Zeit newspaper.

On Friday 9 October, Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean Asselborn will travel to Italy accompanied by Interior Minister Angelino Alfano for a concrete demonstration of the roll out of the European Union’s comprehensive response to the refugee crisis.

Foreign nationals seeking international protection in Bulgaria will have the right to work in the country if a decision to grant protection is delayed for more than three months for reasons beyond their control, the country's parliament has decided.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 11 000 requests for temporary stay in Bulgaria have been submitted, which represents nearly a double increase compared to 2014.

This was announced by the chairperson of the State Agency for Refugees (DAB), Nikola Kazakov, in an interview for private bTV station on Tuesday.

Beds in accommodation centers for asylum seekers in Bulgaria are only 49 percent full, authorities say.

Data from the State Refugee Agency (DAB) comes against the backdrop of reports of increased migratory pressure at the southeastern border between Bulgaria and Turkey.

A German official on Friday more-or-less revealed something that has been an “open secret” amongst European law enforcement and news media in recent months: roughly one-third of asylum seekers arriving in Germany and claiming to be from Syria hail from other countries.

The European Commission has warned 19 EU member-states against failure to implement rules on handling waves of asylum seekers now flooding Europe.

European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans issued the warning as EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on the refugee/migrant crisis on Wednesday.

German intelligence warned on Sept.22 that the number of Islamic extremists in the country had increased sharply in recent months and expressed serious concern that they were recruiting among refugees.