Push-backs across the border ? – The ‘dirty work’ of keeping refugees out of Bulgaria

Push-backs across the border? – The ‘dirty work’ of keeping refugees out of Bulgaria

We met Hassan on a rainy day in a reception centre for refugees and asylum-seekers in Harmanli, Bulgaria, about an hour’s drive from the Turkish border. He shares a room with seven other Syrians who made their way to Europe to flee the armed conflict.

He told us how he finally made it to Bulgaria in March 2014 – on his ninth attempt.

“I tried eight times before that but I was sent back by the Bulgarian police. [They] would take my stuff, on one occasion even my clothes, pointed their guns to my head and told me to go back to Turkey,” Hassan said.

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