For the period from June 1 to July 31, 46,940 attempts to illegally cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border were prevented, the Ministry of the Interior reports.
Unauthorized illegal entries into the country compared to the same period of 2022 were 27,083. The number of migrants detained by the Bulgarian border authorities within the border area has doubled – 400 compared to 200 for the same two-month period of the previous year.
As a result of the targeted operations conducted on the territory of the country, the number of pre-trial proceedings for the channeling of migrants has increased – from 194 in the months of June and July of 2022 to 343 in the two months of 2023, which is an increase of nearly 77 %.
The number of detained third-country nationals inside the country is also increasing. From June 1 to July 31, they are 3,452, according to the data of the regional directorates of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Migration Directorate. This is 3.7 times more compared to the specified period of 2022 (928 people).
Data for the period from the beginning of 2023 to August 7 shows that 108,954 attempts to illegally enter Bulgaria through the border with Turkey were prevented, compared to 67,846 for the same period last year, an increase of 59%.
A decrease is reported in the number of detained third-country nationals attempting to breach the Bulgarian-Serbian and Bulgarian-Romanian borders – a result of improved activity in preventing migrants from crossing to Western Europe.
On leaving the country for Serbia, 1,033 third-country nationals were detained, which is a decrease of 57% compared to the same period last year (2,423). The number of detainees who tried to illegally cross to our northern neighbor is 157, which represents a decrease of 30% compared to 2022 (226), according to the data of the Border Police General Directorate.
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