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The police broke their two mobile phones, and proceeded to beat them

Date & Time 2018-12-04
Location Near Lipovac, Croatia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 45.0561941, 19.0728659
Pushback from Croatia
Pushback to Serbia
Taken to a police station unknown
Minors involved yes
WLTI* involved no
Men involved no
Age unknown
Group size 7
Countries of origin Afghanistan
Treatment at police station or other place of detention
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown
Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other), kicking, destruction of personal belongings, theft of personal belongings
Police involved Croatian border police

A family of 7, (2 men, 3 women and 2 children) from Afghanistan crossed the border near Bratovci – Lipovac. The Croatian border police saw them near the road and caught them. They called for more police. The police took their mobile phones and asked them with whom and how they came to Croatia. The group answered that they came on their own by walking, and asked for asylum. They stressed that one member of the family were disabled, a 12 year old girl with polio. There was also a two-year-old child in the family. The police responded that they were not giving asylum.

The police broke their two mobile phones, and proceeded to beat them. Afterwards they pushed them into the police van. Before entering the van, the police threw the bag belonging to the interviewee into the forest. Along with his bag he thus also lost his wallet, money and his clothes. They beat the interviewee person and his cousin, the only two men in the family, with sticks and by kicking them all over their bodies. The police told them to never come back to Croatia. They pushed them back to Serbia, somewhere in the field.