Human migration

As of Monday, July 26, Bulgaria is closed to foreigners coming from four other countries - the Netherlands, Malta, Andorra and Georgia. Bulgarian citizens arriving from these countries, permanent residents and members of their families are allowed in our country only against a negative test for COVID-19, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or not.

Concerns over a potential new influx of irregular migrants have grown in recent weeks as new videos posted on social media showed a stream of Afghans entering Turkey through its eastern border with Iran.

Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded what is the highest positive net migration since 2008 last year as almost 18,400 people more moved in than out. The Statistics Office says part of the reason for the increase is administrative changes in the population register.

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The Turkish boat was in an area where illegal immigrants are smuggled to the free part of Cyprus

The United States this month will begin evacuating from Afghanistan applicants for special immigration visas whose lives are at risk because of work they did with the U.S. government as translators and in other roles.

The White House on July 14 said the evacuation, called Operation Allies Refuge, would start during the last week of July.

The BBC footage shows Greek border policemen pushing asylum seekers in an extremely brutal way, shooting in the air, not giving them water, insulting them... while poor people can barely keep their balance in an overcrowded boat that is on their way to the EU coast.

The journey of a 3.5-meter-tall puppet en route to the U.K., prepared as part of a project titled "The Walk" that is sharing the life story of Little Amal, a 9-year-old Syrian refugee, will begin in the southeastern province of Gaziantep.

At least 12 people were killed and 26 others injured after a minibus carrying illegal migrants crashed on Sunday in eastern Turkey.

Turkey on July 4 expressed grief after a boat with 127 migrants on board sank off the eastern coast of Tunisia on July 3.

Some 84 of 127 migrants have been rescued by Tunisian authorities while the remaining are still missing.

The CEO of Lamda Development, Odysseas Athanassiou, spoke about the emblematic project of the redevelopment of Elliniko, revealing the sale prices of houses.