Bulgarian police detain 141 Afghan migrants near Burgas

(Radio Free Europe) Bulgarian authorities said police detained 141 migrants attempting to enter the country without permission, all of them believed to be men originating in Afghanistan.

Police on August 28 said they would boost security along the Eastern European EU nation’s border with Turkey because of rising illegal migrant crossings.

Authorities said a group of 88 Afghan migrants was traveling by bus registered in North Macedonia when it was stopped in the Black Sea port city of Burgas.

Burgas police said the driver of the truck was a 60-year-old man from North Macedonia who will be charged with trafficking in migrants.

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