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The police told him they were taking him to the enter the asylum process, but instead he was brought back to the Serbian border

Date & Time 2017-10-17
Location Zagreb, Croatia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 45.79682193, 15.98466548
Pushback from Croatia
Pushback to Serbia
Taken to a police station yes
Minors involved no
WLTI* involved no
Men involved no
Age 18 - 18
Group size 1
Countries of origin Libya
Treatment at police station or other place of detention photos taken, personal information taken
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown
Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other)
Police involved unknown number of police

An 18 year old person from Libya was caught by the police in Zagreb, on October 17th. 2017. He had called UNHCR, because he wanted to ask for asylum. The person on the phone had advised him to go to the police station to enter the asylum process, in order to reach a refugee camp. At the police station his name was taken, as well as pictures.

The police told him they were bringing him to a camp, and he was put in a car. He was bleeding a lot because he cut himself, so the Croatian police took him to a hospital. He stayed there for one day and received some papers from the hospital. The police told him they were taking him to the enter the asylum process, but instead he was brought back to the Serbian border, where he was beaten extensively by the police described as Croatian officials. He walked back to Sid.