Bulgarian MEPs request information from Minister Maslarova about Mogilino

Sofia, Brussels, 26 September 2007 - The Bulgarian MEPs members of the group of the EPP-ED, sent two letters today to the minister of labour and social policy Emilia Maslarova and the chair of the State Child Protection Agency Shirin Mestan requesting information about the BBC film shown on Channel 4 on September 13, "Bulgaria's Abandoned Children".

The five MEPs want to know the government plans for the Mogilino institution, and similar institutions, as well as what measures the government is planning to undertake for the deinstitutionalisation of children with special needs and for alternative forms of care.

Source: Actualno information site