Thursday, February 25, 2016

Bulgarian army to guard border to prevent refugee flows

The Bulgarian parliament has unanimously voted in favour of authorising the army to police the nation's borders and keep refugee flows under control.

On Thursday, all 137 members attending the vote backed the measure, which allows the government to deploy soldiers to the Turkish border with police authority.

Bulgaria lies to the east of the main corridor of refugees heading for Western Europe through Turkey, Greece, FYROM [***], Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.

It registered 27,000 refugee arrivals in 2015, far fewer than its neighbours.

On Wednesday, Bulgaria allocated 35 million leva ($20m) for the expansion of a 30km fence built in 2014 along the Turkish border.

Of the 130km planned, 60km of fencing has so far been built at the 275km-long Turkey-Bulgaria border.

The poorest country in the European Union since it joined in 2007, Bulgaria has a bad reputation among refugees and migrants, who frequently claim rights violations and abuse...
 Source: DPA And Al Jazeera
25/2/16
 ***[After the necessary corrections with the name "FYROM"]

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