INTERNATIONAL

The 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1966 Protocol Relating to Status of Refugees

EUROPEAN

Council of Europe legislation

• European Convention on Human Rights and Protocol No 1 on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• European Social Charter

EU legislation

• Treaty of Amsterdam
• Treaty of Lisbon
• Charter of fundamental rights of the EU
• Directive 2011/95/EC
• Directive 2013/33/EO
• Directive 2011/51/EC
• Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification
• Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC
• Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC

EU Strategic Documents

• EU Action plan on integration of TCNs

NATIONAL

Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria

Codices

• Social Insurance Code
• Bulgarian Private International Law Code
• Labor Code of Bulgaria
• Bulgarian Family Code

Laws

• Law on Asylum and Refugees
• Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria Act
• Employment Promotion Act
• Income Taxes on Natural Persons Act
• Bulgarian Citizenship Act
• Law on Recognition of Professional Qualifications
• Law on Vocational Education and Training
• Health Act
• NHIF Budget Act
• Health Insurance Act
• Pre-school and School education act
• Recognition of professional qualifications act
• Social Assistance Act
• State Social Security Budget Act
• Law for the Bulgarian Identification Documents
• Civil Registration Act
• Child Protection Act
• Family support for children act
• Obligations and contracts act
• Municipal Property Act
• Road Traffic Act

Regulations

• Regulations for the Implementation of the Social Assistance Act
• Regulations for the Activity of the Council for Citizenship at the Ministry of Justice
• Regulations for the Implementation of Bulgarian Identification Documents Act
• Regulations for the Implementation of  the Employment Promotion Act
• Regulations for the Implementation of the  Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria Act
• Regulations for the implementation of the Child Protection Act
• Regulations for the implementation of the Family support for the children act
• Regulation on the Legalization, Certification and Translation of Documents and Other Papers

Ordinances

• Ordinance on rules and conditions to conclude, implement and cease integration agreements with foreigners granted asylum or international protection
• Ordinance on the learning of  the Bulgarian literary language
• Ordinance evaluation of schoolchildren learning outcomes
• Ordinance on facilitation and rules for enrollment and teaching of asylum seekers and persons granted international protection
• Ordinance on the State Requirements for enrolment of students in Bulgarian universities
• Ordinance of State Requirements for Recognition of Higher Education abroad
• Ordinance on Pre-school Education
• Ordinance No 11 of 01.09.2016  on the evaluation of schoolchildren’s  learning outcomes
• Ordinance on the Procedure for Ascertaining Bulgarian Language Competence in Relation to Acquiring Bulgarian Citizenship in a Naturalization Process
• Ordinance on the Functioning of the Uniform Civil Registration System
• Ordinance on the Provision of Emergency Healthcare

Council of Ministers Decisions

• Decision of the Council of Ministers  on EC decision for  relocation of refugees within EU
• Decision of the Council of Ministers on a Framework for a National Mechanism of  implementing  the  commitment of Bulgaria for relocation of refugees within the EU
• Decision of the Council of Ministers approving a framework for a National mechanism for fulfilling the Republic of Bulgaria’s resettlement commitments
• Framework of the National Mechanism for the Implementation of the Republic of Bulgaria’s Resettlement Commitments

Strategic Documents

National Strategy on Migration, Asylum and Integration 2015-2020