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Bulgaria: Syrian and Iraqi Refugees on Hunger Strike

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Español · Bulgaria: Refugiados sirios e iraquíes en huelga de hambre
Ελληνικά · Βολυγαρία: Σε απεργία πείνας Σύριοι και Ιρακινοί πρόσφυγες

Bulgarian newspaper Dnevnik reports [bg] that 25 asylum seekers (21 Syrians and four Iraqis) went on hunger strike to protest the slowness of the asylum-granting procedures at the detention center for foreigners in the Bulgarian village of Lyubimets. Comments to the Dnevnik article reflect the general indifference to the plight of refugees, as well as anti-immigrant and xenophobic attitudes.

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