“Only around 10% of the refugees entering Bulgaria have higher education,” Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Interior Filip Gunev said speaking at a discussion dedicated to the refugee crisis in Europe.

“Over the past year and a half we held thorough interviews with around 20,000 people, mostly of whom men, to judge whether they pose a risk at the national security.

Around 10% of them had higher education. The rate was smaller among women,” the deputy minister explained.

Mr Gunev recalled that there were European programmes for integration and he hoped that the refugees would be included in them.