On August 27th, 2017, three people from Algeria (25, 23 and 22 years-old) were caught in Dobova, by the Croatian police. They called the UNHCR to ask for help and sent their geo-location. The interviewees told reporters that they believed when UNHCR called the police officers, the police denied that they had caught them. The interviewees describes the police as ‘a little bit violent’, one of them was hit in the face. After 5 hours in a closed room at the police station, they were told that they were going to Zagreb to ask for asylum. But the police brought them back to the Serbian border, along with around 30 people (Afghans, Pakistanis and Algerians) who were all brought back at the same time. The police beat them when they came out of the van. The police officers had truncheons. Their phones were broken, and their money torn up. For one of the interviewees it was the 2nd. time he was pushed-back, another the 10th time.
They were told that they were going to Zagreb to ask for asylum, but the police brought them back to the Serbian border
Date & Time
2017-08-27
Location
Dobova, Slovenia
Reported by
No Name Kitchen
Coordinates
45.8970349,
15.6601143
Pushback from
Croatia, Slovenia
Pushback to
Serbia
Taken to a police station
yes
Minors involved
no
WLTI* involved
no
Men involved
no
Age
22 - 25
Group size
3
Countries of origin
Algeria
Treatment at police station or other place of detention
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved
unknown
Violence used
beating (with batons/hands/other), destruction of personal belongings
Police involved
Equipped with truncheons