GERMANY AND BULGARIA TO COOPERATE ON RETURN OF REFUSED ASYLUM SEEKERS

FECL 11 (December 1992/January 1993)

Germany and Bulgaria signed an agreement on cooperation concerning the return of refused asylum seekers. The agreement aims also at reducing the number of asylum seekers from Bulgaria. It is comparable to an earlier agreement Germany recently signed with Rumania. Germany offered 28 million DM for obtaining this agreement.

Source: ESMV, List of events 10, November 92