Incident Date

“The police did not say anything, but placed them inside a van”

  • Date and time: February 16, 2018 02:00
  • Location: Croatian/Bosnian border : near Miljkovici
  • Coordinates: 45.1981268, 15.810540599999968
  • Pushback from: Croatia
  • Pushback to: Bosnia
  • Demographics: 5 person(s), age: unknown , from: Iraq
  • Minors involved? Yes
  • Violence used: no violence used
  • Police involved: Croatian police
  • Taken to a police station?: unknown
  • Treatment at police station or other place of detention:
  • Was the intention to ask for asylum expressed?: No
  • Reported by: No Name Kitchen

Original Report

A group of 5 people, a family from Iraq, crossed over to Croatia. They walked 10-12km. from the border in the Miljkovici forest, where the Croatian police arrested them. The police did not say anything, but placed them inside a van. Inside the van there were 3 babies, 4 women and 4 men. The Croatian police left them in Velika Kladusa.