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Refugees: U.S. Assistance to Bulgarian Ethnic Turks in Turkey

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 18, 1991
Report No. NSIAD-92-59
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Summary:

Ethnic Turks began fleeing Bulgaria in large numbers in May 1989 to escape oppression by the Bulgarian government. Three months later, about 320,000 of these refugees had arrived in Turkey; about 100,000 Bulgarian ethnic Turks later returned to Bulgaria. Congress earmarked about $10 million later that year for food, shelter, and other basics to help Turkey assimilate the remaining 220,000 Bulgarian ethnic Turks. GAO reviewed the project to assist Turkey with the resettlement and assimilation of these refugees. This report (1) determines how the project to assist the Bulgarian ethnic Turks was developed, (2) assesses the management and progress of the project, and (3) identifies the amount of project funds distributed so far.

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