Bulgarian police ‘blocked rescue’ of teenage migrants who froze to death Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activists’ efforts to save them.
Bulgarian authorities have been accused of ignoring emergency calls and obstructing efforts to rescue three Egyptian teenage boys, who later died in sub-zero temperatures near the Bulgarian-Turkish border in late December.
Bulgaria’s border with Turkey is a frequent crossing point for people hoping to claim asylum in Europe but there have been well-documented human rights abuses in recent years, including allegations of illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers to Turkey.
The calls referred to three teenagers “at immediate risk of death” and sent GPS locations.
It is forbidding terrain, rocky and hilly with freezing winter temperatures and bitter winds.
