According to information received from asylum seekers, there has been a hunger strike in the detention facility in Lyubimets for the last few days. Nearly 100 people, including women and children, have taken part in the protest action.
The reasons behind the strike, according to this information, lie in the bad living and sanitary conditions in the camp, where the toilets are unbearably filthy. People want to leave the camp. Hammad [1] a participant in the strike, said: “Please tell the media that we don’t want to claim asylum here, because Bulgaria is a very poor country.” On 18th September the strikers stopped the protest, because the authorities promised that the conditions will improve. “If things won’t get better, then we will continue”, Hammad added. At the moment there are about 400 people detained in Lyubimets.
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