Syrian refugees have been facing discrimination from the inhabitants of Rozovo, a Bulgarian village, according to the National Ombudsman.
Penchev's comments came after three Syrian families were forced to leave Rozovo, a village in Central Bulgaria, following calls by locals that they go away until Monday.
Residents who issued the ultimatum (and who claim to represent the village's population) said "more radical protests" and even "violence" could be triggered by their refusal to leave.
Also on Monday morning, some 150 people (out of a population exceeding 1000) staged a demonstration in front of the house where the refugees had spent a day, waving Bulgarian flags which they later placed at the building's door and on its fence.
They chanted, "Bulgaria for the Bulgarians!" and told journalists which covered their event they had been afraid that refugees could threaten their lives or rape some of the inhabitants.
It was pressure put by them on the house's owner earlier last week that forced him to ask the Syrians to leave.
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