Refugee crisis: Bulgaria sending further 300 military to border

Bulgaria is to deploy a further 300 military personnel to its borders to control the flow of refugees, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on April 11, saying that the country had 1000km of borders “and we cannot put up fences everywhere”.

Borissov was speaking to reporters while attending the start of a multinational tactical exercise at the Novo Selo training ground entitled Strike Back 2016.

The exercise includes the involvement of more than 450 military personnel from Bulgaria’s armed forces and the use of Bulgarian and American weapons. The training is directed at the certification of a motorised infantry group on completion of the exercise, which continues until April 21...
  [sofiaglobe.com]
11/4/16
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