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For 10-15 minutes, the officers beat and kicked them, and also doused them with cold water

Date & Time 2019-01-30
Location Kelebija, Hungary, close to Kelebija
Reported by Escuela Con Alma
Coordinates 46.1958608, 19.6066291
Pushback from Hungary
Pushback to Serbia
Taken to a police station unknown
Minors involved yes
WLTI* involved no
Men involved yes
Age 14 - 14
Group size 4
Countries of origin Afghanistan
Treatment at police station or other place of detention
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved 13
Violence used beating (with batons/hands/other), kicking, water immersion
Police involved Approximately 10-15 Hungarian male officers wearing uniforms and with cars

On the night of January 29, 2019, four men from Afghanistan crossed the border from Serbia to Hungary near Kelebija. Two of them were minors, approximately 14 years old. When the four of them reached Kelebija (HUN), around 10 to 15 Hungarian officers approached them with cars. For 10-15 minutes, the officers beat and kicked them, also doused them with cold water. The people on the move didn’t ask for asylum and no fingerprints were taken.

They were immediately pushed back to Serbia.