Greek Newspaper: Bulgaria Part of New Human Smuggling Route

The Greek paper used the fact that Bulgarian customs officers discovered 42 illegal ‘Asian’ migrants in a truck carrying peppers at the Oryahovo border crossing in Northern Bulgaria in June, as an example of the new route. Photo by telegraph.co.uk

Greek daily newspaper Makedonia has suggested that human smugglers have started to avoid Greece and instead are using a new corridor through Macedonia and Bulgaria.

The paper says criminal groups involved in migrant trafficking are now interested in sneaking illegal immigrants into Central Europe, thus Macedonia and Bulgaria have become new corridors.

Nonetheless, it goes on to say that Greece is still the major springboard for smuggling into Western Europe, the , adding that immigrants, particularly Afghans, Iraqis, Iranians and Palestinians use Greece as a transit country to the final destination.

The Greek paper used the fact that Bulgarian customs officers discovered 42 illegal ‘Asian’ migrants in a truck carrying peppers at the Oryahovo border crossing in Northern Bulgaria in July, as an example of the new route.

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