European Parliament questions, Commission answers, DROI research, MEP letters, and European institutional engagement on the Al-Khalidi case.
Bulgarian authorities have stated their intention to deport Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi and formally requested that he identify a safe third country willing to receive him. Despite official requests submitted by the Bulgarian government to other European countries asking them to grant him protection, no European country has accepted his relocation or offered him international protection as of the time of writing. He remains in administrative immigration detention in Bulgaria, facing deportation to Saudi Arabia — a country the Bulgarian courts and international organisations have identified as unsafe for him — with no viable alternative protection pathway yet secured.
Urgent written question to the European Commission regarding detention and deportation risk.
Follow-up question and Commission response on asylum, detention, return, and non-refoulement frameworks.
Coverage of an 18-MEP letter to the Bulgarian Prime Minister urging release and warning against deportation.
Coverage of MEPs writing to Bulgaria urging protection and warning against deportation.
Study on transnational repression and host-state responsibilities, contextually relevant to the Al-Khalidi case.
Bulgarian English-language coverage of MEP concern over the continued detention.
The following Members of the European Parliament have formally engaged with the Al-Khalidi case through parliamentary questions, collective letters, or public advocacy. Names are extracted from verified source documents listed on this page.
The following Members of the European Parliament participated in one or more of three formal actions: Written Question E-001410/2025 (7 April 2025), the Collective Letter to the Bulgarian Prime Minister, and Written Question E-004644/25 (20 November 2025).
Sources: E-001410/2025 · Collective Letter (Mar 2026) · E-004644/25
European institutions are not parties to the Bulgarian case, but they have legal and political tools to act: parliamentary scrutiny of compliance with EU asylum law, formal questions to the Commission on Member-State practice, monitoring of Schengen Information System alerts, and pressure on Member States to honour the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The materials on this page are public-record interventions by European institutions and Members of the European Parliament. They are organised here as a single reference for journalists, parliamentary staff, and researchers.