Bulgaria introduced State of Emergency on border with Turkey

In Bulgaria, they introduced an emergency regime in areas along the land border with Turkey, Euronews reports.

As the local authorities explained, such a step is caused by an unprecedentedly difficult situation with illegal migrants, which in the mass order penetrate Bulgarian territory. A fence with barbed wire was erected along the 200-kilometer line, but this structure does not stop illegal immigrants.

The patrolling of the border and the control of the integrity of the fence are difficult to a poor road infrastructure. The emergency is aimed primarily to simplify the repair of roads and fences due to a sharp reduction in bureaucratic procedures.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bulgaria, for the incomplete 9 months of this year, 104 thousand people tried to cross the border – 3.5 times more than the whole last year.