First, the country should report on the development of the already allocated for this purpose 160 million euros. Bulgaria hopes to receive from the European Commission another 400 million euros to protect external borders from migrants. The country needs this amount of funding over the next 10 years. This was reported by the Minister of the Interior of Bulgaria Valentin Radev after talks with the European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopulos, Ukrinform reports.. "For the next ten years we asked the European Commission to provide us with assistance in the amount of 400 million euros. These funds will be used to equip external borders and protect against illegal migrants, "Radev said.. He noted that the discussion of the issue of providing additional financial assistance will begin after Bulgaria has submitted a detailed plan for the development of the € 160 million already allocated by the European Union for this purpose.

It is known that Bulgaria has already received the first 100 million euros, and the rest will be transferred, according to Radev, until the end of 2017. As reported by the correspondent. Net, Bulgaria wants to be fenced off from Greece by a wall with a total length of about 500 kilometers. Recall that last year every day at the entrance to Bulgaria detained for 150-200 migrants.

Original article: Bulgaria wants to receive from the EU 400 million euros for the protection of borders.