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	Podcast:		Awake At Night
	Episode:		We Are Coming To Kill You
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:45:15
	Publish Date:		2019-06-20 22:01:00
	Description:		Boris Cheshirkov worked for UNHCR as a spokesperson in his native Bulgaria during Europe’s refugee crisis – when thousands of refugees were arriving at the border. It was an extremely tense time. Countries throughout Europe seemed at a loss at how to cope with the flow of desperate people. Anti-refugee feeling was running high. In Bulgaria, an asylum seeker was shot dead at the border. But when Boris spoke out against the violence, he himself became the target of a virulent online hate campaign. The threats were so severe he had to leave his country.
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