He was suppose to give his fingerprints to start the asylum process, but was instead beaten by the police officers

Date & Time 2017-08-30

Location Zagreb, Croatia,

Reported by No Name Kitchen

Coordinates 45.13268619, 19.14654633

Pushback from Croatia

Pushback to Serbia

Taken to a police station yes

Minors involved no

WLTI* involved no

Men involved no

Age unknown

Group size #N/A

Countries of origin Libya

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 police

In August, 2017, the interviewee, a 18 years-old man from Libya, crossed the border from Serbia to Croatia by train. After he reached Zagreb he took a taxi, and asked for this address: CFP Studies (cesta 112 A), the address of an organization that helps people-on-the-move.

After introducing his case, the people he met from this organization took him to the police station, where he was suppose to give his fingerprints to start the asylum process.

Instead, the police officers beat him and he was placed in a van with other people on the move. They were driven to the Serbian border, several kilometers from Šid.