Meet the Bulgarian 'migrant hunter'

[lego 44,165]

The former semi-professional wrestler was hailed as a hero by some Bulgarians after social media videos showed him and other armed vigilantes chasing terrified migrants through woodlands.

The films showed women and children forced to cower on the forest floor while the men were made to lie on their stomachs with their hands tied behind their backs.

In one such film a man can be heard shouting: ‘Go back to Turkey. No Bulgaria for you.’

He has previously described his migrant ‘hunts’ – in which he and his supporters chase people down on horseback and even from military-style armoured vehicles – as ‘sport’.

Speaking earlier this year, he said: ‘I would describe it as simply a sporting activity. I am a sportsman, you can’t describe sportsmen as violent.

‘I have to do a public service at the same time that protects Bulgarians.’

His actions were condemned by human rights groups, who accused him of fanning fears about immigration and the Bulgarian government of turning a blind eye to him and other vigilantes.

Valev and two others were reportedly arrested earlier this year, but Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borissov has praised the work of vigilantes in helping police to detect illegal immigrants. 

But the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights have demanded officials clamp down on the immigrant roundups being organised by Valev, saying what he is doing is illegal and branding him a criminal.

The Helsinki Committees for Human Rights are non-profit organisations devoted to human rights present in many countries, including Bulgaria.

In a statement to MailOnline in March, a spokesman said: 'Valev admits that he has hurt these people. 

'His victims included men, women and children fleeing Syria. In one incident, he forced them to lie face down for half an hour after terrorising them with death threats.

'In another refugee roundup, he boasts about tracking a man for a while before finally capturing him. 

He repeatedly makes offensive remarks about refugees and it's clear that he plans to expand his volunteer corps to focus on capturing more asylum seekers.

'Even more worrying is that he wants the state to fund his operation and to pay for every captured refugee.

'So he is not only spreading fear of refugees within Bulgarian society, and inspiring people to treat them with disgust and hostility, and to reject them, but he's also asking for his actions to be supported.' 

 

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[lego 44,165]

Most of the Daily Mail readers praise him.

[bayonse 6,525]

at least they won't come to Bulgaria

 

[FlopSlurper 34,336]

He should head to the gym instead of wasting his time making some people's already miserable lives even more miserable

[The Surrealist 27,470]

Why did I thought this was about Debt Dandy?  

Anyways, he is a waste of air and DailyMail is rubbish as usual.

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,451]

Can someone kill him or something? How is this legal?

Looks like that russian neo-nazi man that is still out of jail after he started the occupy pedophile group or whatever it was called 

[Pop 4,541]

There's more and more of this ****. I'm so afraid of neonazism taking over again.

This is exactly how it all started before WWII

[lego 44,165]

2 minutes ago, bayonse said:

at least they won't come to Bulgaria

 

 

Disgusting comment. 

[Swan Heart 7,382]

So proud of my country yay great promo

The guy is an ignorant bigot and it disgusts me that so many people here support him.

[bayonse 6,525]

Just now, YourSweet666 said:

 

Disgusting comment. 

chill

its not like i support him. but i dont want refugees coming illegally in my country

[Dorothy Gale 7,575]

6 minutes ago, Sycamore said:

Why did I thought this was about Debt Dandy?  

I just googled that in school.  

[The Surrealist 27,470]

2 minutes ago, AntiPotCrusader said:

I just googled that in school.  

[Artem Chukanov 12]

Although originally I come from Russia, currently I study in American University in Bulgaria. Never thought you guys would ever post something about Bulgaria/Bulgarians here :-D

[Pop 4,541]

17 minutes ago, bayonse said:

at least they won't come to Bulgaria

 

You're trash for this comment. 

Anyway, I doubt they want to come to your shitty poor country anyway. They're probably just trying to pass through so they get to a better place. 

[bayonse 6,525]

Just now, Pop said:

You're trash for this comment. 

Anyway, I doubt they want to come to your shitty poor country anyway. They're probably just trying to pass through so they get to a better place. 

 

another oversensitive kid