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My first husband was Bulgarian -- not exactly a place that hemorrhages refugees.
His best friend was a guy who grew up in the flat below his family and by all accounts, lived an average Bulgarian life. He was of a darker complexion, dark hair and dark olive skin. This turned out to be his ticket to the life when his network of friends, who had all gamed the Canadian immigration system for all they were worth, advised him that with the help of a sufficiently generic sob story, his appearance would help him claim refugee status as a Bulgarian Roma.
And they were right.
Within a year of claiming -- after having already been here for more than 2 years, illegally -- he was granted refugee status as a victim of discrimination.
Things don't seem to be much different in the Czech Republic.
And they wonder why many Canadians resent immigrants.
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