Bulgaria’s migration policy is "moderately favourable" but labour market mobility, rules on getting citizenship and access to education for legal migrants from non-European Union states remain the most problematic issues, according to a survey released on February 28 by the British Council and the Migration Policy Group. The Migration Policy Index (MIPEX) survey assessed and compared the policies of 31 countries in Europe and North America in the integration of legal migrants. Bulgaria ranked 26th... According to official Bulgarian and EU statistics, Bulgaria had just more than 20 300 third-country nationals resident in 2009, the largest groups in Sofia, Varna and Pleven, but in each of these cities, making up less than a per cent of the population.
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The Sofia Echo: Migration and integration
