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Bulgaria Extends Temporary Protection for Ukrainian Citizens, Facilitating Employment
Bulgaria has extended the term of temporary protection for individuals from Ukraine. Decision No. 54, issued by the Council of Ministers on January 25, 2024, prolongs the period during which Ukrainian citizens can find employment opportunities in the country with relative ease.
Greek PM Mitsotakis on BBC: The Sculptures would look better on the Parthenon – If we cut the Mona Lisa in half, what would happen? (videos)
“We have the right to stop boats at sea and have them return to where they started from”, he said regarding the migrant flows
Migrant workers in Greece get permits extended to year-end
Non-EU migrant workers on Greek farms will have their permits extended to the end of the year, Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis said in Parliament on Monday.
The Migrant Pressure on Bulgaria Intensifies: 1.6 times Increase in the Number of People Caught
16,767 migrants were detained in Bulgaria in 2022, which is almost 6,000 more than in the previous year, 2021, when the number of arrests was 10,799. This is another testimony to the increased migrant pressure in the last one year, according to Interior Ministry statistics.
Importing foreign workers
Tourism enterprises will be able to hire workers from third countries outside the European Union, in order to cover the large gaps observed in the sector in recent years.
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Bulgaria sends troops to its borders with Turkey
About 350 soldiers were deployed to aid in controlling migrant flows
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EU should make substantial migrant deal with Turkey: FM
Turkey has proposed the European Union a substantial migrant deal to ensure an efficient cooperation in tackling the growing migrant deal and told the bloc that it cannot exclude itself from this problem by solely offering money.
Employment expectations nearing pre-Covid levels
Ljubljana – The jobless total increased by 12% in 2020 compared to 2019 as the Covid-19 epidemic affected the labour market. However, the employment expectations indicator is rising and nearing the level recorded at the start of 2020, the Statistics Office said ahead of Labour Day.
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No leniency for smugglers
At first glance there may be nothing striking about a recent news item about a convict who failed to return to prison where he was serving time for human trafficking - most likely migrant smuggling - after a furlough. But when you think about it a bit more, it is actually quite a big deal.
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Central Europe Set to Wrestle Germany for Migrants
This is the latest in a series of articles about the demographic crisis facing Central and Southeast Europe.
The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia still refuse to take in small contingents of the million or so refugees who arrived in the EU from the Middle East and Africa, despite an EU plan to spread the load among all member states.
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