Bulgarian police have arrested 37 illegal immigrants at two locations in the capital Sofia in a crackdown following a deadly crash involving a bus carrying migrants last week.

Thirty-six of the people who were arrested are Syrian and one is from Morocco. They have been sent to refugee centres.

There have been a series of arrests across Bulgaria since the crash which saw the bus with Turkish plates hit a police car on August 25 near the city of Burgas in the south-east near the border with Turkey. The collision left two policemen dead.

The driver of the bus claimed to be Syrian and insisted he is 15 years old, but was carrying no documents or driver’s licence. The authorities are currently seeking details of his identity.

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Between Saturday and Monday, a total of 141 Afghans with no documents were found by police hiding in villages near Burgas. Over 100 were discovered hiding in a bus with North Macedonia plates and a Macedonian driver.

Read more: Balkan Insight