When he asked them for asylum in Croatia, they answered that asylum was closed

Date & Time 2017-06-09

Location Near Vinkovci, Croatia

Reported by No Name Kitchen

Coordinates 45.14978588, 19.17697906

Pushback from Croatia

Pushback to Serbia

Taken to a police station no

Minors involved no

WLTI* involved no

Men involved no

Age 22 - 22

Group size 1

Countries of origin Algeria

Treatment at police station or other place of detention

Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved 3

Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other)

Police involved 3 Croatian policemen

On September 6th, 2017, a 22 years-old person from Algeria was apprehended along with 6 others people, 50 km after crossing the Croatian border, near Vinkivci. None of them had food or water left, so he had been sent to the nearest gas station for provisions. At the gas-station, the respondent reports being caught by 3 police officers who subsequently they punched him in the face and beat him. The staff at the gas station didn’t react.

The respondent stated that the police then took him into their car and brought him back to Serbia. When he asked them for asylum in Croatia, they answered that asylum was closed. He also reports being told by one of the police officer that he was a terrorist. This was the fifth time that our interviewee was pushed-back.