An man violently pushed back and deported back to Afghanistan
| 04.11.2024 | Strandzha Nature Park, Bulgaria | Collective Aid | Bulgaria | Turkey | unknown | no | no | yes | no | no | 20 | Afghanistan | fingerprints taken | beating (with batons/hands/other) |
At the beginning of November, during the night, a group of twenty people on the move tried to cross the Turkish - Bulgarian border, next to the Standzha Nature Park.
According to the respondent, an Afghan man in his thirties, the group was in front of the fence, on the turkish side, when a group of people he identified as turkish police officers arrived. As they were close to the fence, the group of people on the move run away and crossed the border to escape the Turkish police.
One Afghan man in the group had a leg injury that prevented him from running. He got caught by the Turkish police before he crossed the fence. When they caught him, the Turkish police officers started beating him, even though they noticed he was already injured.
He was then took to the Çatalca camp, next to Istanbul. There, the Turkish police took his fingerprints without his agreement and deported him back to Afghanistan.