204 KB51 KB199020252023Dimitrov, AtanasPavlov, Vasilštevilka:57str. 25-43ISSN:0353-6777DOI:10.3986/dd.2023.1.02COBISSID_HOST:144846851URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-TTU39S6OenInštitut za slovensko izseljenstvoDve domoviniAfganiAfganistanAfganistanciarmed conflictsasylum seekersbegunciBolgarijaBulgarialocal perceptionslokalne percepcijemigracijemigrationoboroženi spopadiprosilci za azilrefugeesMixed migration after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan| state capacity and public perceptions in Bulgaria|In light of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan in August 2021, this paper aims to analyze both the Bulgarian population’s attitudes toward newcomers and the capacity of the Republic of Bulgaria to manage mixed migration adequately. Toward this aim, a public perceptions survey was conducted in the cities of Harmanli and Sofia, where four out of five migrant registration and reception centers (RRCs) in Bulgaria are located. The authors argue that the state’s difficulties in coping with an increased influx of migrants and their possible integration are mainly due to its apparent refusal to take the lead in this regard and the lack of communication with the local population, especially where RRCs are situatedCilj prispevka je analizirati odnos prebivalcev Bolgarije do prišlekov ter zmožnosti Republike Bolgarije za upravljanje mešanih migracij v okoliščinah talibanskega prevzema oblasti v Afganistanu. V ta namen je bila opravljena raziskava javnega mnenja v mestih Harmanli in Sofija, v katerih se nahajajo štirje izmed petih centrov za registracijo in sprejem migrantov v Bolgariji. Avtorja argumentirata, da vzroki za težave države pri spoprijemanju s povečanim prihodom migrantov in njihovo potencialno integracijo ležijo predvsem v dozdevnem zavračanju države, da bi pri tem zavzela proaktivno držo, ter v pomanjkanju komunikacije z lokalnim prebivalstvom, zlasti na območjih, kjer se nahajajo centri za registracijo in sprejemTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZRC SAZU