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Bulgaria's state security agency expels 252 foreigners in 2016

Xinhua, April 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

The Bulgarian State Agency for National Security (SANS), the country's counter intelligence and counter terrorism service, deported 252 foreigners in 2016, according to its annual report released here on Tuesday.

As many as 22 of those expelled were involved in terrorist activities and nine more were involved in illegal migration, the report said.

Meanwhile, in order to reduce the terrorist threat, SANS has conducted interviews with over 9,700 foreigners who illegally entered Bulgaria, the report said.

A total of 221 of them posed a potential threat to Bulgaria's security and interests.

The report also said that the terrorist threat to Europe grew, and it implied a heightened risk of terrorism for Bulgaria.

However, in 2016, SANS did not acquire data about any prepared terrorist acts against targets in the country or against Bulgarian interests abroad, the report said. Endit