The article is about Busmantsi and not about invasion of islam:

NOT A PRISON? On paper the centre in Bousmantsi does not qualify as a prison facility. In reality, however, it acts as one.

As complexed nation, I see some Bulgarians talking about the trhead of islam, when the issue actually is about they poor conditions in the so called "Centre for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners". Are you still living with the past?! Btw, is Bulgaria a country which deserves to be EU member at all?!
Hmn, the infra- and [...]

Read the full comment social structures of Bosnia looks in better shape in my eyes.

Lets not be swayed by `liberal poetry` on how defenseless these people are....illegal means illegal....shoplifters, thieves, buglers etc are all condemned by society, so why should these people who sneak into other countries then expect to be looked after, fed, watered, housed, educated......be any different. The UK is a complete mess now because of the waves of illegal immigrants wrapped up in cotton wool by the Government. Let Bulgaria learn this lesson well and deport them all a.s.a.p

what does Israel do to illegal immigrants from Africa...shoot them while they cross the Israel =Egypt border..BG take note

Btw it's interesting how protection from Islam often can be seen as "unchristian" and denying them "freedom" as destroying the freedom of our societies.
I think so long as we don't purpusfully abuse people, there are such presedents in the west.
Germany is the freest of liberal Democracies, yet certain extreme right wing groups and speech are outlawed.
The reason is that they are seen as essentially dangerous to freedom, as their goal is the elimination of Democracy.

I think the same can said about Islam, as it's essence is [...]

Read the full comment quite the opposite from the ideas of personal freedom and choices.
it's a culture which sees women's sexuality as communal responsibility, and many other core characteristics very much at odds with any western ideals of freedom and personal choice.

As such, I don't see restriction on Islam (or Muslim immigrants) in Europe, as somehow underminding Europe's free lifestyle, but as essential protective measure against dangers to freedom.

what is needed is a hard line policy against such refugees...

Not so avg. BG,
threating folks inhumeinly certainly isn't the way to resist Islam, but granting them rights, IS the way to lose your country.
Like Cosmos said - pack them on a plane, give them a little cash and protect your way of life.
There is a huge difference between Ariminians Russians and Africans - the first two are a natural fit for BG whereas the Africans will continue to be a major problem forever - with the next generations as well- let's not bulshit ourselves...

Why are we talking about this problem ? put them on a plane and send them back to where they came from. If as stated some have a family in BG why have they not got the proper papers.If they are muslim then get rid of them unless you want a muslim state with all the problems it brings .

Come on you people of BG do not roll over yet again to an invasion by another means.

Maybe there wouldn't be that many muslims in Holland if they had read a little about Bulgarian history. They could learn something from that, as well as Bulgaria could learn few things from Holland's past.

So do you guys think that this is the way to resist Islam? By first treating inhumanely these persons in Bousmantsi and then releasing them without any papers and any access to rights back to Bulgaria? Is this the way to protect national security? Are these the Christian values of showing love and mercy to your neighbour?
P.S.It's not only Muslims who are ill-treated. There are many Christian Armenians, Africans, etc., all HUMAN BEINGS.

BG is but a small snapshot of the larger reality that Europe is being invaded by Islam, family by family.

Demographic assult is the most permanent of all, as a military attack, one can repel and a forcefull takeover can be reversed with time.

I don't want any more Muslims in my country! Send them over to Holland, if you wish, we already have 12% Muslim and Turkey is next door with an increasingly islamist regime. Sorry!

Congratulation, Mr Kostadinov! It is good people without Bulgaria to be notified about the Bousmantsi case, since most people in Bulgaria just do not care...

"Raptor" (1st comment) is right about interpretation of the law. But theory is one thing and practice is another thing. In Bulgaria you need an explicit provision in law stating that interpretation to guarantee against repetitive detentions. The reason is that - unlike other EU Member States - Bulgaria does not issue any paper whatsoever to those non-deportable foreigners released from Busmantsi and therefore any police check treats them as undocumented immigrants again. There is a growing number of such vulnerable and marginalised immigrants in Bulgaria.

Some of the Bulgarian legislation certainly needs to be updated, especially legislation concerning settlement through work and/or family ties.

But the report lacks perspective. Cases such as those mentioned above can be found in most EU-countries, even in my migration liberal Sweden. These cases can be considered harsh, but they don't break any law. Some countries as Germany don't even use detention centers, they use ordinary prisons.

The report makes Bulgaria look bad (again), but the reader should have in mind that the scale of keeping immigrants locked in is fairly small [...]

Read the full comment if you compare with many EU-countries. You could also have an opinion on how Bulgaria treats its immigrants, but again, many EU-countries are much more bad.

At Last, brilliant reporting. Excellent reading

Well the directive does not need to make this distinction as suggested by the LCRI representative.

Detention under the Convention means "any form of detention" which would include "repetitive detention".