"This is a nightmare, I want to go back to Syria," says Youssef (not his real name), who has fled from his war-torn country and is now in a squalid refugee camp in south-eastern Bulgaria. He is shocked by the lack of urgently needed medical help, the scarcity of food-and the sight of crumbling old buildings where up to ten desperate families share a single room, and ten such rooms have the use of only one leaky toilet. Youssef is one of thousands of Syrian refugees in Bulgaria, the poorest European Union country. Dozens more are crossing the border with Turkey every day. Around 10,000 migrants (two-thirds of them from Syria) have arrived so far this year, a sevenfold increase from last. Authorities have basic facilities ready for only half of them.
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