Bulgaria to refuse entry to people, banned from Schengen

From 1^st of August 2018, Bulgaria will no longer allow third country passport holders for whom the Schengen Information System has issued an alert with a “denial of entry / residence” measure, to enter its territory.

The refusal of admission in Bulgaria will apply in the case of third country nationals for whom one or more Member States of the European Union have introduced a ban on his / her stay in the Schengen area and has appeared crossing at a Bulgarian border.

People, who are in the country without a residence permit, but have a "refusal of entry" will be removed from the national territory by the competent Bulgarian authorities.

The SIS (Schengen Information System) is the largest information system in Europe with the most end-users and is the most effective compensatory measure in the area of free movement of persons.

Bulgaria, as a member of the EU and SIS, will have the obligation to introduce their national bans in the form of alerts under Art. 24 of the SIS II Regulation, and to comply with the prohibitions imposed by the other 29 Member States.

This is one of the fundamental achievements of the Schengen acquis, which guarantees the security of the common territory through the mutual recognition and enforcement of entry bans issued by the Member States.