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IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
A Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
report estimates that the Armenian population in Bulgaria is over
20,000 (13 Dec. 1991, 7). Countries of the World indicates
that Armenians, Gypsies, Greeks, Jews and Russians, together
constitute 6.2 per cent of the total population of Bulgaria (1993,
348).
According to the RFE/RL report, "Armenians,
who are generally well integrated into Bulgarian society and
culture, typically retain their Armenian names, and are not subject
to discrimination" (13 Dec. 1991, 7). Human Rights Watch World
Report 1993 notes that "problems persisted with regard to the
treatment of minorities [in 1992], especially [for] the Gypsy
population," but the report does not mention ethnic Armenians
(1992, 209).
Additional and/or corroborating information
specific to the treatment of Armenians in Bulgaria is not currently
available to
the DIRB. Information on the treatment of other minority groups,
however, may be available upon request.
Human Rights Watch World Report
1993. 1992. New York: Human Rights Watch.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL). 13 December 1991. Vol. 2, No. 50. Report on Eastern
Europe [Munich]. Duncan M. Perry. "Minorities and Bulgarian
Nationalism."
Countries of the World and Their
Leaders Yearbook 1993. 1993. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research
Inc.
Human Rights Watch World Report
1993. 1992. New York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 209-211.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL). 13 December 1991. Vol. 2, No. 50. Report on Eastern
Europe [Munich]. Duncan M. Perry. "Minorities and Bulgarian
Nationalism," pp. 5-8.