T H E R E P U B L I C O F B U L G A R I A

M I N I S T R Y OF I N T E R I O R

CHIEF DIRECTORATE

2018 BORDERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF

Romania 611 km

RDBP RUSE

Serbia RDBP DRAGOMAN 364 km RDBP AIRPORTS RDBP Length of the Bulgarian state borders : 2368 km Length of the Bulgarian external borders: 1225 km 412 km

RDBP RDBP

FYROM RDBP 178 km Turkey 271 km Greece 532 km

BORDER CHECKS BORDER SURVEILLANCE

3 TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR BORDER CHECKS INTEGRATED BORDER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ALONG THE BULGARIAN-TURKISH BORDER

LCC SREDEZ RCC Elhovo

LCC LCC ELHOVO LCC

LCC AIS

RADAR

CCTV

IR INTEGRATED BORDER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM “BLUE BORDER” “COSTAL” COMPONENT “SEA” COMPONENT

AIS Sivriburun

RADAR

Durankulak CCTV IR

LCC Galata NORTH AREA Galata

Kamchia

Byala SOUTH AREA RCC BURGAS Burgas LCC Sozopol

Rezovo MEASURES FOR MIGRATORY INFLUX COUNTERACTING

Action plan for increased migratory influx emergency situation along the Bulgarian - Turkish state border, passed at the closed meeting of the Council of Ministers, on 20.07.2016. Plan of the General Directorate Border Police for actions during increased migratory influx emergency situation at the Bulgarian - Turkish state border or the Black Sea, approved by the director of Border Police.

Involvement of armed forces for state border protection; Building of temporary engineering technical obstacle equipment at the Bugarian-Turkish border; Carring out rescue police operations along the Bulgarian – Turkish border and in the adjacent border zone of the Republic of Greece (in the responsibility zone of Novo selo); Legislation changes; Supply of new motor vehicles; Bilateral and multilateral cooperation; Cooperation and interaction with Frontex; Implementation of Integrated Border Management surveillance systems for both the maritime border and the Bulgarian-Turkish border. FRONTEX JOINT OPERATIONS

• JO “Flexible operational Activities 2017” • JO “Flexible •JO “Focal Points Operational Activities” 2017 land borders” •JO “Focal Points 2017 land borders”

JO “Alexis - 2017” CO-OPERATION WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

JOINT BORDER COMMITTEES MIXED BORDER PATROLS

COMMON CONTACT CENTRES

PCCC Giurgiu “ONE-STOP” CONTROL AT BCP

PCCCKalotina

Black Sea Border Coordination and Information Centre

PCCC Giueshevo

Trilateral PCCC Kapitan Andreevo

PCCC Promahonas MIGRATORY PRESSURE ON ENTRY THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS APPREHENDED ON EXIT AT THE BULGARIAN-SERBIAN BORDER ACTIONS PERFORMED BY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES

IDENTIFICATION

SCREENING AND DEBRIEFING ACTIVITIES ACTIONS PERFORMED BY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES

GHECK AGAINST DATABASES – EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL

COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF FINGERPRINTS IN AFIS

REGISTRATION IN EURODAC ACTIONS PERFORMED BY NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN CASE OF ASYLUM REQUEST

FILL IN AN ASYLUM REQUEST FORM

CLARIFYING THE PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING PROTECTION

HAND OVER TO NATIONAL REFUGEE AGENCY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!