‘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 in Turkey last May, the violence on the Turkish-Bulgarian border has increased,” Khoshsiar told BIRN, explaining that it varies from period to period depending on the strength of Turkish police deployments. “So many are losing their lives on the way.”

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https://balkaninsight.com/2024/02/22/in-a-bulgarian-town-syrians-find-tension-and-violence-but-little-hope/bi

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