Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives (BILI) - Report - The State of emergency in the large minority neighborhoods, March 13-May 13 2020

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Bulgaria
Theme
Non-discrimination
Rule of law
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  • BILI Report_Emergency in the large minority neighborhoods
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Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives (BILI)
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The report State of Emergency in the Large Minority Neighborhoods, March 13 – May 13 2020” summarizes data collected through a gathered by blitz closed questions survey and additional in-depth interviews. The survey was conducted on the territories of the suburbs Stolipinovo, Plovdiv and Fakulteta, Sofia between 9-13 May, 2020.

The main issues on which the opinion of the local residents was documented include:

  • Their perception of the corona virus threats;
  • Their perception of a special (discriminatory) treatment of their neighborhoods in the imposition of emergency measures;
  • Their personal experience with the presence of police in the neighborhoods;
  • Their experience with declining means to make up the living for their families.