The police beat them again at the deportation point, not far from Sid, and left them in a deserted area

Date & Time 2018-03-02

Location Tovarnik, Croatia

Reported by No Name Kitchen

Coordinates 45.183706, 19.171923

Pushback from Croatia

Pushback to Serbia

Taken to a police station unknown

Minors involved no

WLTI* involved no

Men involved no

Age unknown

Group size 5

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), insulting

Police involved Croatian police officers

A group of 5 people from Afghanistan crossed to Croatia. They were arrested by the Croatian police 20 kilometers from the Serbian/Croatian border.

When they asked for asylum the police answered positively saying : « Yes, I give you asylum ». One police officer declared he was going to make a phone call in order to take them to Zagreb. Then, a police van arrived and they were told that they were going to be deported to Serbia. And the police officers proceeded to violently attack them, beating and insulting them repeating « picku matre ».

The police beat them again at the deportation point, not far from Sid, and left them in a deserted area.