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Bulgaria: A wall to ward off refugees

November 11, 2013

Bulgaria has announced plans to build a thirty-kilometer-long wall along the border to Turkey in order to stem the influx of Syrian refugees.

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Flüchtlinge in Bulgarien werden wie Gefangene behandelt. Neues Zentrum für Asylsuchende in Lyubimets, an der Grenze zur Türkei. Copyright: DW/Paul Tutsek Juni, 2012, Sofia und andere Orte, Bulgarien ***NUR IM ZUSAMMENHANG MIT DEM BERICHT ÜBER FLÜCHTLINGE IN BULGARIEN ZU VERWENDEN.***
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The wall is to be built near Elhovo, where most of the Syrian refugees are entering Bulgaria illegally. Belgrade says the wall will force the refugees to enter the country through the border checkpoint at Svilengrad, where they will be officially registered. It’s estimated the wall will cost 2.5 million euros. Several thousand asylum-seekers from Syria are already living in camps in Bulgaria under extremely poor conditions.

syrische Flüchtlinge in den überfüllten Flüchtlingslagern in Bulgarien. Das Foto ist von unserem offiziellen Partner BGNES
Image: BGNES