Europe's Recurring Shame Part 2: From Bulgaria to Brussels | People & Power
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In 2014, People & Power revealed the shameful treatment of people with disabilities in Romania's state-run care homes. That film also raised disturbing questions about why the EU was funding some of those institutions.
Now, five years on, there are fresh allegations about neglect and mistreatment - this time not just in Romania, but in neighbouring countries, too.
For the second episode of our two-part investigation, filmmakers Sarah Spiller, Callum Macrae and Mark Williams went to Bulgaria and then EU headquarters in Brussels to find out more.
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