Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
- 4.1: Belgium.
- 4.2: Bulgaria.
  - 4.2.1: Introduction.
  - 4.2.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 4.2.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 4.2.4: Country Links.
  - 4.2.5: Reference List.
- 4.3: Cyprus.
- 4.4: Czech Republic.
- 4.5: Denmark.
- 4.6: Estonia.
- 4.7: Finland.
- 4.8: France.
- 4.9: Greece.
- 4.10: Hungary.
- 4.11: Ireland.
- 4.12: Italy.
- 4.13: Latvia.
- 4.14: Lithuania.
- 4.15: Luxembourg.
- 4.16: Malta.
- 4.17: Netherlands.
- 4.18: Norway.
- 4.19: Poland.
- 4.20: Portugal.
- 4.21: Romania.
- 4.22: Slovakia.
- 4.23: Slovenia.
- 4.24: Spain.
- 4.25: Sweden.
- 4.26: Switzerland.
- 4.27: Turkey.
- 4.28: Ukraine.
- 4.29: United Kingdom.
5: Middle East .

Last updated: August 2011

Bulgaria Detention Profile

List of Detention Sites

Name	Location	Status (Year)	Facility Type	Detention Timeframe	Security	Authority	Management	Capacity	Reported Population	Segregation
Special Home for Temporary Placement of Foreigners, Busmantsi	Busmantsi, Sofia City province	In Use (2011)	Migrant Detention Centre	Long-term	Secure	Ministry of Interior	Migration Directorate	400 (2010)	Est. 100 (July 2010)	Adult males and females, minors
Lyubimets Detention Centre	Lyubimets, Haskovo province	In Use (2011)	Migrant Detention Centre	Long-term	Secure	Ministry of Interior	Migration Directorate	300 (2011)

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC). 2010. Human Rights in Bulgaria in 2009: Annual Report. BHC. April 2010. http://www.bghelsinki.org/upload/resources/Human-Rights-in-Bulgaria-en-2009.pdf (accessed 26 July 2010).
Bulgarian Ministry of Interior (MOI). Web site. Chief Directorate “Border Police”. http://www.mvr.bg/en/AboutUs/StructuralUnits/National+MoI+Services/BorderPolice/default.htm (accessed 12 May 2010).
Bulgarian Ministry of Interior (MOI). Web site. Migration Directorate. http://www.mvr.bg/en/AboutUs/StructuralUnits/National+MoI+Services/Police/dir_migracia.htm (accessed 12 May 2010).
Ilareva, Valeria. 2008. Immigration Detention under International and EC Law. Conference paper for the International Conference of the Refugee Law Reader “The Dynamics of Refugee Protection in an Era of Globalization.” Brussels. December 2008. http://lcri.hit.bg/LARC_paper_Ilareva.pdf (accessed 26 July 2010).
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). 2010. Becoming Vulnerable in Detention: Civil Society Report on the Detention of Vulnerable Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in the European Union. JRS-Europe. June 2010. http://detention-in-europe.org/images/stories/DEVAS/jrs-europe_becoming%20vulnerable%20in%20detention_june%202010_public_updated%20on%2012july10.pdf (accessed 19 July 2010).
Savova, Iliana (Bulgarian Helsinki Committee). 2010a. Interview by Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). Phone conversation. 26 July 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
Savova, Iliana (Bulgarian Helsinki Committee). 2010b. Email message to Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). 8 June 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
Tsvetkova, R. 2011. “Bulgaria and the common European policy for refugee.” Radio Bulgaria. 9 May 2011.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2011. “Crossing a border irregularly is not a crime for a refugee.” UNHCR. 9 June 2011. http://www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/en/news/2011/crossing-a-border-irregularly-is-not-a-crime-for-a-refugee.html (accessed 11 August 2011).