SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria detained 45 migrants who were trying to cross into neighbouring Serbia, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, three days after Belgrade bolstered its border patrols to prevent migrants getting in.
More than 160 people others were detained in the capital Sofia, the interior ministry said, as the country tries to stop its territory being used as a transit route to western Europe by people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East.
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