Balkans

The Loire-Atlantique department hosts a population of several hundred Bulgarian economic migrants who have settled in or near several localities – Saint-Nazaire, Nantes, and Ancenis-Saint-Géréon – with their families. The liberalization of visas between the European Union and Bulgaria, which came into effect on April 10, 2001, has favored the geographic mobility of many Bulgarian nationals toward Western Europe, eager to find employment. In France, many of these migrants have taken up residence in the Paris and Lyon regions, as well ...