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He asked for asylum but he was pushed back after 2 hours

Date & Time 2018-11-04
Location Velika Gorica near Zagreb, Croatia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 45.7142122, 16.0752431
Pushback from Croatia
Pushback to Serbia
Taken to a police station yes
Minors involved yes
WLTI* involved no
Men involved no
Age unknown
Group size 1
Countries of origin Afghanistan
Treatment at police station or other place of detention personal information taken
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown
Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other), theft of personal belongings
Police involved Croatian police

A minor from Afghanistan was caught in Velika Gorica, near Zagreb on April 11th. 2018, at 12am. He was in a truck. The police took him to the police station. He asked for asylum but he was deported after 2 hours. They asked for his personal informations and wrote them down, but they did not give him any papers. The officers from the police station took him to the border and hit him in the head with a stick. After that, he was pushed back to Serbia near Batrovci.