SOFIA – The Bulgarian border police introduced that it acquired 60 high-passability automobiles below a European Union (EU) venture.
For the fourth time, we’re receiving extra of the much-needed tools to efficiently perform our mission of defending Bulgarian and European borders, famous the director of the Normal Directorate “Border Police” Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov. Final yr, we confronted a document migrant stress, however we skilled critical difficulties because of a scarcity of kit, he added. Zlatanov summarized that this yr, the border service has acquired a complete of 220 high-passability patrol automobiles.
He reported that the migratory stress in the direction of Bulgaria has dropped by 70 p.c.
At a working assembly with ambassadors from EU nations, the interim Minister of Inner Affairs Atanas Ilkov offered a number of the measures Bulgaria is taking to guard the borders. Amongst them, he highlighted rising “Border Police” capability, updating tools, help from “Frontex,” and good cooperation with neighboring nations.
Since Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen space by air and sea on March 31 of this yr, no change has been noticed within the safety atmosphere, the minister instructed diplomats.
The EU Council will focus on on October 10 in Luxembourg the present state of the applying of Schengen laws by Bulgaria and Romania. Hungary, because the EU Council’s presidency till the top of the yr, had beforehand expressed expectations for a choice on the elimination of checks on the land Schengen borders of each nations within the coming months.
The Bulgarian authorities count on the choice to be made by the top of the yr, mentioned in September the Head of the EC Illustration in Bulgaria Yordanka Chobanova. Related expectations have been expressed in June by the EU Commissioner for Inner Affairs Ilva Johansson.
Austria was the one nation within the EU that didn’t absolutely help the lifting of checks on the Bulgarian and Romanian Schengen borders final yr. (02.10.2024)
