Transit Center in the village of Pastrogor
6519 Pastrogor village, Svilengrad Municipality
Director:Spasimir Petrov, (+359 37705)215;
e-mail:Spasimir.Petrov@saref.government.bg
The transit centers are territorial units of the Agency for registration, accommodation, medical examination, and for conducting the procedure for determining the responsible Member-State for examining the international protection application, as well as the procedure for granting international protection.
The transit centers are entitled to carry out activities related to:
- the registration and the accommodation of aliens who have applied for international protection;
- organize and coordinate the requirements of mandatory medical examination of the foreigners, who have applied for international protection;
- conduct procedures under Chapter Six, Section Ia of the Law on Asylum and Refugees;
- conduct the accelerated procedure within the proceedings under the general procedure, and conduct the procedure for preliminary examination of applications for international protection, with the interviewing authorities taking decisions within their powers;
- carry out procedural actions and draft proposals, opinions and motivated draft decisions to the Chairperson under Chapter Six, Sections II and IV Law on Asylum and Refugees;
- organize and make arrangements for issuing identity documents;
- organize the activities for the provision of food, social, medical and psychological assistance to the foreigners accommodated in the centers;
- organizes the cooperation and exchange of information in connection with the administrative proceedings under the Law on Asylum and Refugees between the Agency and other state authorities.