10 GeoFroggy

Disputes International

Bulgarian Armed Forces: Land Forces (aka Army), Naval Forces, Bulgarian Air Forces (Voennovazdyshni Sily, VVS) (2017)

Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Refugees (country of origin): 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription ended in January 2008; service obligation 6-9 months (2012)

Stateless persons: none

Note: 15,027 (Syria) (2016)

Trafficking in Persons

Current situation: 67 (2016)

Tier rating: 47,731 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015 - November 2017); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country and hosts approximately 1,800 migrants and asylum seekers as of September 2017

Illicit Drugs

Bulgaria is a source and, to a lesser extent, a transit and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor; Bulgaria is one of the main sources of human trafficking in the EU; women and children are increasingly sex trafficked domestically, as well as in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and the US; adults and children become forced laborers in agriculture, construction, and the service sector in Europe, Israel, and Zambia; Romanian girls are also subjected to sex trafficking in Bulgaria