Bulgaria is bolstering security and surveillance at its border with Turkey in the hope of being admitted to the Schengen visa-free travel zone. InfoMigrants looks at how state actors, the EU and international organizations are walki1
Undocumented migrants jailed in Bulgaria risk violence and abuse inside the Bulgarian prison system. Those at even higher risk are migrants arbitrarily forced into secret cage-like detention centers dubbed Europe's "black sites" bef1
"If you want to abuse a migrant on the Bulgarian-Turkish border, no one is going to hear. No one is going to care about such a person." InfoMigrants probes the phenomenon of violence against migrants in the Balkan state.
The Bulgarian-Turkish border is seeing an upsurge in pushbacks and violence against migrants. InfoMigrants uncovers the reasons why and who are the most at risk.
On August 12 a small boat was "torn apart at sea" as its passengers – mostly migrants from Afghanistan – tried to reach England. Two young survivors have spoken about the ordeal.