Info session in Tri Kladentsi

An IOM Bulgaria mobile team visited the villages of Tri Kladentsi (VratsaMunicipality), where there is a significant presence of representatives of the Roma community.

The poverty and unemployment rate in the region is high and the life of the Roma people is rather challenging. The difficult living conditions force many of them to take up seasonal jobs abroad. With the assistance of representatives of the Labor Bureau-Vratsa Directorate and a labor mediator from the region, IOM organized a meeting with people looking for work in Bulgaria and in Europe.

The discussed topics during the info-sessions and individual talks that were held included risks of trafficking and smuggling, labor and sexual exploitation, rights and obligations of migrants in the EU, institutions providing assistance and others.