Sofia Mayor Proposes Roma to Join Police Patrols in Risky Districts

Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov proposed on Monday that Roma people should join the police patrols in the city and take part in the guard of the city districts where conflicts between the Roma and Bulgarians occur on a regular basis.

Mayor Borissov will send his proposal to the head of the Sofia police Rumen Stoyanov and will demand more and bigger police patrols to be sent to the Krasna Polyana district.

The city mayor and the leader of the Euroroma party Tsvetelin Kanchev agreed on hiring 20 Roma people to serve in the municipality-owned security firm Egida. Currently only fourteen Roma work for Egida.

At a Tuesday press conference Mayor Borissov informed that the Roma population living in the Batalova Vodenitsa district will be moved in Vazrazhdane and those living in the caravans on Europa Boulevard will be moved in Suhodol.