They neither received food nor water, even though they asked for it

Date & Time 2018-09-23

Location Tupcina, Croatia, close to the Slovenian-Croatian border

Reported by No Name Kitchen

Coordinates 45.71970011, 15.43852067

Pushback from Croatia

Pushback to Serbia

Taken to a police station no

Minors involved no

WLTI* involved no

Men involved no

Age unknown

Group size 10

Countries of origin Afghanistan

Treatment at police station or other place of detention detention, denial of food/water

Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown

Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other)

Police involved Croatian officers

The group of 45 started their journey in Serbia and after they crossed the Croatian border, they continued walking north through the country.

When they were already close to Slovenia, they had run out of food and didn’t eat anything for two days. The interviewees stated that, at some point, Croatian officers arrested them and immediately beat them with their batons. The group was then kept in detention for more than three hours. They neither received food nor water, even though they asked for it.

Then, the interviewee states that 10 individuals of the 45 had to enter a bus and were pushed back to Serbia near the town of Sid (SRB).