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17 000 have asked for asylum in Bulgaria since 1993

Tue, Aug 12 2008 18:45 CET

byElitsa Savova

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A total of 16 841 people had sought asylum in Bulgaria since 1993, when the authorities started registering them, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported.

Nearly one sixth of them, 2873, were underaged.

The UN Refugee Agency in Bulgaria said that only a small percentage of them, 1443 people, were recognised as refugees. Another 4003, 846 of whom underage, received humanitarian asylum.

People who requested asylum in Bulgaria came from 84 countries, mainly from Afghanistan, Iraq, Armenia and the former Yugoslavia, as well as people without citizenship.

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