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Once again they asked for asylum, but the police rejected it saying that Croatia only accepts families

Date & Time 2018-01-26
Location Near Dobova, Slovenia
Reported by Rigardu
Coordinates 45.9038288, 15.6553254
Pushback from Slovenia
Pushback to Croatia
Taken to a police station yes
Minors involved no
WLTI* involved no
Men involved no
Age unknown
Group size 1
Countries of origin Algeria
Treatment at police station or other place of detention photos taken, personal information taken
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown
Violence used no violence used
Police involved Slovenian border police, Slovenian police at the police station

A person was hiding in a train, at a border control crossing at the Croatian-Slovenian border, Slovenian police caught them. The person was taken to a police station, where the police took a picture of them and took their personal data. The person asked for asylum but the police rejected it, saying that the person cannot seek asylum at a border crossing. Afterwards the person was pushed back to Croatia. At the border police station the police took pictures of the person and took their personal data. Once again they asked for asylum, but the police rejected it saying that Croatia only accepts families.