Add Bulgaria to the list of freaked-out European countries (see Italy here).
From the Sofia News Agency:
As many illegal migrants move on from Italy, Bulgarian analysts have stoked fears about a refugee wave trying to reach the country because of turmoil in the Arab world.
“Bulgaria, being a border country in the European Union, risks to be flooded by a wave of illegal migrants from Northern Africa or other Arab countries,” Kiryak Tsonev, a specialist on the Arab world and Chavdar Charvenkov, Bulgaria’s former ambassador to Tunisia, warned on Thursday in an interview for Darik radio.
They called on the Bulgarian government and the European institutions to brace for a large influx of migrants due to turmoil in the Middle East, warning the continent’s policies on immigration and the world’s fledgling anti-smuggling efforts will be put to the test.
“Egyptians will be fleeing to Greece, Libyans will be fleeing to Italy and it is highly likely that Bulgaria may become a focal point for refugees. Europe will not accept those people and they will have to stay in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian solution—solve the social problems in those African and Arab countries (good luck with that!).