Interview with Vesselin Dimitrov in Sofia, BulgariaGangs of masked young men in camouflage gear, equipped with knives and sticks, are patrolling the frontier in dense forests between Turkey and Bulgaria. They are hunting for refugees, as they have done for months, but now they are less likely to boast about it.
Bulgaria’s refugee hunters at the Bulgarian border (Photo: ECPMF/Vesselin Dimitrov)
TV coverage, newspaper headlines and videos posted on Facebook and YouTube show typical scenes: a group of young Afghan men being forced to lie face down on the ground. Their hands are bound with cable-ties, "Go back to Turkey" shouts…
