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10 minors were collectively pushed back to Serbia

Date & Time 2017-08-13
Location Tovarnik, Croatia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 45.15644031, 19.16702271
Pushback from Croatia
Pushback to Serbia
Taken to a police station unknown
Minors involved yes
WLTI* involved no
Men involved yes
Age 13 - 17
Group size 10
Countries of origin Afghanistan
Treatment at police station or other place of detention
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown
Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other)
Police involved Croatian border police with a bus

On August 13th, 2017, 10 minors (teenagers between 13 and 17) were collectively pushed back to Serbia. They were caught right after the Croatian border, and all of them were beaten by the Croatian police. The police put them in a bus, stopped somewhere in Serbia and everyone was told to get out. They walked back to Šid from there.