Feb 14, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Sofia.
Eighteen
migrants from Austria and 14 detained in other EU countries were returned to
Bulgaria today, February 13, under the Dublin Regulation. Some of the migrants
arrived by charter flight.
At the airport there were dissatisfied people waiting, who claimed that the Bulgarian government had negotiated the return of thousands of refugees to Bulgaria.
The State
Agency for Refugees told BNT that the migrants were returned to Bulgaria
because they had applied for refugee status in the country. If they are
refused, the migrants are handed over to the Migration Directorate as they are
considered illegal residents.
Since the
beginning of the year, 82 people have been returned to the country under this
mechanism, out of a total of 317 who applied.