България - спирка "Без надежда" по пътя набежанците
Bulgaria-the Stop "No Hope" on the Way of the Emigrants

Summary/Abstract: Bulgaria routinely locks up asylum seekers, despite EU and national laws banning the use of detention centres. Government officials acknowledge they are breaking laws, but insist they can only properly cater for just 400 asylum seekers at any one time in dedicated, open reception centres. While the state is already failing to properly manage its asylum system, many fear the situation could spiral out of control once the country finally joins the border control-free Schengen zone. On joining, the number of immigrants heading for Bulgaria is expected to rise dramatically, as the many thousands who currently cross illegally into the EU via the Turkish-Greek border may opt instead to slip into Bulgaria en route to the West. However, as long as Bulgaria focuses solely on stopping immigrants crossing its borders, rather than setting up a robust system to properly handle the flow of migrants, it seems inevitable it will fail to stem to tide of would-be refugees heading to the Western Europe. Now is the time for Bulgaria to properly close the gaps in the system, failing to act will lead Bulgaria into the same situation as Greece, something the Bulgarian public is most certainly not prepared for.

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