Bulgaria sends 350 troops to border with Turkey amid rising migration flows

THE Bulgaria sent 350 troops to its border with Turkey today in support of border authorities and due to increasing pressure migration flows, as announced by the country’s Minister of Defense.

According to Georgy Panayotov, “as of Monday, there are soldiers at the Bulgarian-Turkish border to support the border police.” “They have been sent 350 people along with about 40 units equipmentHe said in an interview with bTV.

More than 6,500 people who entered the country illegally, for the most part Afghan nationals, arrested from January to September in Bulgaria, number more than three times compared to the same period in 2020, says the Ministry of Interior.

The country, located on the external land borders of the European Union, remains a “road” for migrants and refugees who want to reach Europe. One wire mesh, damaged in many places, covers the Bulgarian-Turkish border 259 km., broadcasts AFP.

It is recalled that the parliament of the neighboring country had decided in August to send 400 to 700 soldiers on the border of Bulgaria with Turkey and Greece, to assist in the construction of fences.

Finally, as AFP points out, the poorest member of the EU, Bulgaria, not has never accepted a large number of asylum seekers, most of whom leave the country before even receiving an answer about their refugee status.

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