When they asked for asylum, the officers replied, 'If you come again, you go to jail'

Date & Time 2017-09-09

Location Near Osijek, Croatia

Reported by No Name Kitchen

Coordinates 45.02455369, 19.11651393

Pushback from Croatia

Pushback to Serbia

Taken to a police station unknown

Minors involved no

WLTI* involved no

Men involved no

Age 25 - 30

Group size 2

Countries of origin Pakistan

Treatment at police station or other place of detention

Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved 8

Violence used destruction of personal belongings, theft of personal belongings

Police involved 8 Croatian police officers in 4 cars

On September 9th, 2017 in the morning, two people from Pakistan were pushed-back from Croatia to Serbia. The police apprehended them in a village near Osijek, while they were walking. There were 4 police cars, with 8 police officers.

The police officers stopped and pushed them, while they were walking. They ordered them to kneel down, before doing body-searches on them with gloves (shoes and socks were searched as well). The police were shouting questions about their identity (name, mother’s name, origin and destination). Then they police pushed the people into a police car.

The police took their SIM cards and broke their mobiles, and 200 euros were taken from one person.

When they asked for asylum, the officers replied, ‘If you come again, you go to jail’.

They brought them back by van and dropped them off in a forrest, 4 hours walking distance from Šid.