Persecution, Arbitrary Detention and Coercion of Migrants in Bulgaria, the Last Eu Border

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The Bulgarian authorities coerce refugees into consenting to a false “voluntary return” or exposing themselves to 18 months of detentionThe Bulgarian police, accused of preventing the rescue of three teenage migrants who died frozen Hassan (a fictitious name to protect their administrative situation) has been locked up for more than 14 months in Busmantsi, a detention centre for migrants outside Sofia, the Bulgarian capital. This 22-year-old Syr…