UN WELCOMES BULGARIA’S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS

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Date: 17 Sep 2013 10:00:01 -0400
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UN WELCOMES BULGARIA'S COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR
ASYLUM-SEEKERSNew York, Sep 17 2013 10:00AMThe United Nations refugee
agency today welcomed assurances from the Bulgarian Government of
quick action to fix dire conditions for those seeking asylum within
its borders, as the country strains to cope with the increasing number
of new arrivals.

So far this year, Bulgaria has received about 3,000 asylum
applications, mainly from the Middle East and Africa, according to the
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This is three times the
yearly average of the past decade. August saw a sharp rise to some 50
new arrivals (mainly Syrian families) per day.

"Although overall numbers are low relative to some other European
countries, Bulgaria's asylum system cannot keep pace with the new
arrivals," UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming told reporters in
Geneva.

Last Friday, UNHCR's Regional Representative for Central Europe,
Montserrat Feixas Vihe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski,
and other senior officials discussed the need for new accommodation
facilities to relieve overcrowding and for asylum-seekers to be
released from detention.

The three existing accommodation centres operated by Bulgaria's State
Agency for Refugees are "overflowing, and conditions are both unsafe
and dire," noted Ms. Fleming. "People sleep in corridors and cook on
flimsy burners in crowded dormitories. TV, internet rooms and child
care spaces have been hastily turned into makeshift bedrooms
accommodating as many as seven families together.

"Up to 100 people share a single bathroom, with no separate facilities
for men, women and children. Education and recreational activities are
scant, and several hundred children are missing out entirely on
school," she added.

The overcrowding is straining relations among asylum-seekers, Ms.
Fleming said, adding that the situation is made worse by a slow asylum
procedure. "People typically stay in accommodation centres for a year
while their refugee claims are being assessed, even though the law
states that applications should be decided within six months," she
noted.

At Friday's meeting, UNHCR offered to increase technical assistance to
Bulgaria in the form of training and support at every stage of the
asylum process from registration to decision-making on refugee claims.

According to the agency, Bulgaria has received about 2,000 Syrians
since the start of Syria's conflict two and half years ago. Across the
European Union, some 41,000 Syrians sought asylum in the same
period.Sep 17 2013 10:00AM
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