The main migration policy instruments in Bulgaria:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Bulgaria’s national law database.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
• EU legislation:
• Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1993: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2001: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Bulgaria:

• Ministry of Interior: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); asylum; border management and irregular migration; international cooperation.
• Ministry of Labour and Social Policy: labour migration policy.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: visas and consular support for Bulgarian nationals abroad.

Sources:

• Bulgarian National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2016): The organisation of asylum and migration policies in Bulgaria. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/migration-policies/02._bg_emn_ncp_national_report_organisation_of_asylum_and_migration_policies_version_12jan09_en.pdf
• European Migration Network (2017): EMN Country Fact Sheet Bulgaria 2017. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/03a_bulgaria_country_factsheet_2017_en.pdf
• Republic of Bulgaria (2018): Website of the Ministry of Interior. Accessed: 5 December 2018. https://www.mvr.bg/en/
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last update: December 2018