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Fearing rough seas, refugees chance Bulgaria land route
23 Oct 2015 Some 13,000 asylum-seekers who have beaten a path through Bulgaria this year on a trek to find a safer overland route to Europe -
How small Moldova ran one of Europe's largest campaigns to prevent and address statelessness
17 Aug 2015 Thanks to UNHCR-supported litigation, Maria Gandrabura, 74 won an important court case and her statelessness was successfully prevented. -
UNHCR concerned by border practices after deaths of two Iraqis at the Bulgaria-Turkey border
31 Mar 2015 Measures that make it more difficult to enter the EU are forcing people seeking international protection to take increasingly dangerous route to enter -
Ukraine internal displacement nears 1 million as fighting escalates in Donetsk region
6 Feb 2015 Ukraine puts the number of registered IDPs at 980,000. Also, 600,000 Ukrainians have sought asylum or other forms of legal stay in neighbouring countries. -
Bureaucracy threatens the dream of enterprising refugees in Bulgaria
8 Jan 2015 Bureaucracy threatens the dream of enterprising refugees in Bulgaria -
Bulgarians urged to "see refugees through new eyes" in media campaign
24 Nov 2014 Imaginative TV spots help fight discrimination against refugees in Bulgaria by encouraging viewers to imagine themselves isolated and far from home. -
UNHCR chief urges Europe to help Bulgaria cope with Syrian refugee influx
22 Nov 2013 António Guterres also announces that UNHCR will launch a programme to help Bulgaria meet the needs of the several thousand refugees. -
Bulgaria struggles to cope with Syrian influx at dilapidated camp
21 Nov 2013 The country on the edge of south-east Europe is ill-prepared or equipped to deal with the growing influx of Syrian refugees and, like other host nations, needs help. -
Bulgaria's asylum centres bursting at the seams as Syrian refugees enter Europe
17 Sep 2013 Bulgaria received about 2,000 Syrians since the start of Syria's conflict in March 2011. Across the EU, some 41,000 Syrians sought asylum in the same period.