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Rights group: Bulgaria uses police dogs in migrant pushbacks

FILE - Border police vehicle is seen in the village of Shtit in Bulgaria, near the border with Turkey on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. An international rights group says that Bulgarian authorities are attacking Afghan and other asylum-seekers, using police dogs and other violence to illegally push them back over the border into Turkey. Human Rights Watch said Thursday, May 26, 2022 that the migrants reported being beaten, robbed and stripped. (AP Photo/Hristo Rusev, File) FILE - A water cannon truck is seen at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point between Bulgaria and Turkey on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. An international rights group says that Bulgarian authorities are attacking Afghan and other asylum-seekers, using police dogs and other violence to illegally push them back over the border into Turkey. Human Rights Watch said Thursday, May 26, 2022 that the migrants reported being beaten, robbed and stripped. (AP Photo/Hristo Rusev, File)