News and events

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Bulgaria, The State Agency for Child Protection and the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants organized a round table on “Advocacy for the Protection and Integration of Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Bulgaria”, held on 6-7 November 2014 at Rila Hotel, Borovets.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants are organizing an advocacy meeting on Social Protection and Integration of Vulnerable Asylum Seekers and Refugees, which will be held on 17 and 18 September 2014 in Rila Hotel, Borovets.

The Asylum Granting Commission to the Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants are organizing a conference on Partnership for the Protection of Refugee Children in Bulgaria, which will be held under the patronage of the Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The Representation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants are organizing a seminar on the role of higher education to prepare teachers in Bulgarian as a foreign language in the context of the integration of refugee children in Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants is holding its general annual meeting on 25 March 2014. The Agenda includes narrative report covering the same period, and Plan of Work for 2014.

The Representation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants, the Bulgarian Women’s Lobby and the Alliance for Protection against Domestic Violence organized an international conference on networking of gender based violence in the context of international protection. The conference was held on 27 February 2014, Hilton Hotel, Sofia.