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Soldiers To Back Up Border Police Guarding Frontier From Migrant Flood

September 17 2015

Bulgaria

Bulgaria is sending additional troops to its southeastern border with Turkey to deal with a crush of migrants in the region, reports Agence France-Presse.

The troops will back up the border police if needed, said defense official cited by Serbia's B92 television network.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov approved and enacted a plan on Thursday involving joint army patrols at the border, said Georgy Kostov, the chief of staff of the Interior Ministry.

The plan calls for the...

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