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All men expressed their intention to apply for asylum in Croatia, but the police rejected their wish answering 'No asylum'

Date & Time 2018-07-08
Location Near route A1, Croatia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 44.988599, 15.647922
Pushback from Croatia
Pushback to Bosnia
Taken to a police station unknown
Minors involved no
WLTI* involved no
Men involved no
Age 20 - 37
Group size 10
Countries of origin Pakistan
Treatment at police station or other place of detention
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved 20
Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other), insulting, theft of personal belongings
Police involved 20 Croatian police officers, 2 vans and 3 cars

A group of 10 men, all from Pakistan, crossed the Bosnian border to Croatia from Velika Kladuša. When they were 20 kilometres inside Croatia, walking on the Road A1, they were detected and caught by the Croatian police. The group of police officers that found them were around 20, in 2 vans and 3 cars.

All men expressed their intention to apply for asylum in Croatia, but the police rejected their wish answering: “No asylum”.

The police officers told the men to give them their mobile phones and money. The police took the men’s phones and money but did not return them back.

Then, the men were driven to the Bosnian border, close to Šturlić, where they arrived around 1 a.m. At the border, the police told the men to leave the car in groups of 2. As soon as they left the car, they were attacked by the policemen with sticks. Two police officers attacked each man, one after another.