They must cross the border, survive, not pushed back, and only then register as an asylum seeker.
Live talk panel with Euronews Romania.
‘If there is violence on Europe’s borders, you will see it in its capitals’
“When I’m working with refugees, the part of me I consider human becomes stronger,” he told me. A lanky, 40-year-old with long grey hair, Khoshsiar explained that humanitarian work was not his background. He studied physics in Tehran and later worked in software sales, but now he occupies a cramped, supply-packed office at the local outpost of Mission Wings. People […]
With Nick Robinson of BBC4: Crackdown at the border
We visited the tiny Bulgarian mountain village of Shtit, a sleepy place with dirt roads and rusting farm machinery – a place that doesn’t seem to hold much geopolitical significance, but that’s right at the border, which is marked by a 4m high fence and razor wire. “It’s very sharp and it’s almost impossible to climb with bare hands,” says […]
Border of violence
On the road from Türkiye to Bulgaria: Stories of violence and repression. https://www.rsi.ch/info/mondo/La-frontiera-della-violenza–2362173.html
‘The most vulnerable usually become the target’
Khoshsiar, who is part of a local humanitarian organisation called Mission Wings and manages a small community centre in Harmanli, said fear is at the heart of the protests against the camp. “What people don’t know, they fear – this is the main reason why they are concerned about the situation with the camp,” he told BIRN. “After the elections […]