Bulgaria routinely locks up asylum seekers, despite EU law banning the use of detention centres, forcing migrants west.
![Children of Bulgarian asylum seekers behind bars [Juliana Koleva]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/201111444550914734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Juliana Koleva has more than ten years experience as a reporter and specialises in issues of migration.
Bulgaria routinely locks up asylum seekers, despite EU law banning the use of detention centres, forcing migrants west.
![Children of Bulgarian asylum seekers behind bars [Juliana Koleva]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/201111444550914734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)