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The number of immigrants in Bulgaria was expected to grow as a result of the accession of Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007. [4] The number of people that were born outside Bulgaria pass from 21,510 in 1990 to 168,516 in 2019. [5] Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, the number of Syrian refugees in Bulgaria grew.
The Bulgarian diaspora includes Bulgarians living outside Bulgaria and its surrounding countries, as well as immigrants from Bulgaria abroad. The number of Bulgarians outside Bulgaria has sharply increased since 1989, following the Revolutions of 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe. Over one million Bulgarians have left the country, either ...
During the Cold War, when Bulgaria was a socialist state known as the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1944–1989), the Bulgarian community in the United Kingdom numbered some 3,000–4,000, mostly in England. Emigration to the United Kingdom was very active in the 1990s and 2000s.
The Embassy of Bulgaria in London is the diplomatic mission of Bulgaria in the United Kingdom. [1] Diplomatic relations between the two countries date from 1879 [ 2 ] and there has been a Bulgarian embassy in London since 1903. [ 3 ]
Bulgarian Americans include persons born in Bulgaria, in the United States, and in other countries with ethnic Bulgarian population. Because some Bulgarians are not American citizens, others are dual citizens, and still others' ancestors moved to the U.S. several generations ago, some of these people consider themselves to be simply Americans ...
European emigration is the successive emigration waves from the European continent to other continents. The origins of the various European diasporas [ 36 ] can be traced to the people who left the European nation states or stateless ethnic communities on the European continent.
Both countries are full members of NATO and the Council of Europe, with the United Kingdom giving full support to Bulgaria's applications for membership in NATO and the European Union. Trade between Bulgaria and the post-Brexit United Kingdom has been governed by the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement since 1 January 2021. [3] [4]
The Investor Program for Residence and Citizenship in Bulgaria (also known as the Bulgarian Immigrant Investor Program) was founded in 2009 and implemented following the decisive legislation actions of the Bulgarian Government to attract foreign investment and business interest in the country. [1]