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The influx of illegal migrants in Bulgaria continues and the Eastern route is still functioning despite the measures taken and bad weather conditions.
According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior's data, from January 1, 2017 to the end of October, Bulgarian police detained 656 migrants who tried to enter the country illegally. Most of them were Syrians - 34%, Iraqis - 21% and Afghans 19.7%. Another 1,616 illegal migrants were apprehended during police operations in the territory of Bulgaria. 32.5% of them were from Afghanistan, followed by Syrians - 27.9% and Iraqis - 14.5%.
During the same period, 2,283 migrants were captured while attempting to illegally leave Bulgaria on their way to Western Europe. 406 of them (almost 18%) were without Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) registration. Among the people detained since the beginning of the year, the majority were citizens of Afghanistan - 53.8%, Pakistan - 18.1% and Iraq - 14.5%.
In 2017 some 3,334 people asked protection and 2,888 were refused. Bulgarian authorities deported 1,771 illegal migrants, 141 of whom were returned to other EU-member states under Regulation 604/2013 EU (the Dublin Regulation).
Despite the increased measures taken by the police, the illegal migrants not only continue to come but they also bring more illegal migrants and crime to Bulgaria and the EU.
Comment: Here's what Hoffman is accused of so far, according to the piece by Anna Graham Hunter in the Hollywood Reporter: From Hunter's account, which includes alleged transcripts of her diary taken at the time, Hoffman sounds a bit like that creepy uncle many of us have. And if that characterization is true, Hunter appears to have handled herself fairly well: during week 2 of filming (week 1 seems to have been characterized by sexual banter by many on set), she says she hit Hoffman "hard" each of the 4 times he "felt her ass". Week 3, he apologized after she confronted him and he said he would stop his "wandering hands" and comments (e.g., yelling in front of others on set that Hunter thought he was a "sexist pig"). No other events of note after that. Week 5: "No one is 100 percent good or bad. Dustin's a pig, but I like him a lot."
What is most shocking here isn't so much Hoffman's alleged behavior, but that any young man or woman would enter a room of professional actors (or musicians, or artists) and be shocked by such "piggish" behavior. Do their parents not prepare them for real life? Artists have a reputation for a reason. And does such behavior - which essentially amounts to sexual banter offensive to some, but not sexual assault - really justify it being brought up 30 years later?
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