UNHCR concerned by border practices after deaths of two Iraqis at the Bulgaria-Turkey border

© UNHCR/B.Szandelszky Bulgarian guards patrol a barbed wire fence of the Turkish border. Bulgaria plans to extend barriers along the border to stem irregular entry into the country.
GENEVA, 31 March (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Tuesday expressed increasing concern that people needing international protection were being blocked from entering the European Union, citing the deaths of two Iraqi men who were in a group of 12 Yazidi people allegedly beaten by Bulgarian border guards.