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The police pushed them back to Serbia.

Date & Time 2018-12-03
Location Near Zagreb, Croatia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 45.70425005, 16.05973871
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 5
Countries of origin Afghanistan
Treatment at police station or other place of detention papers signed
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved unknown
Violence used no violence used
Police involved Police at a village near Zagreb

A transit group of five people, including 3 minors and 2 adults transitted to Croatia from Bosnia. They travelled and arrived in a village near the capital Zagreb.

In this village, the group presented to a police station where they asked for asylum. The Croatian police officers present told them they could start the procedure. They signed papers written in farsi. However, the group were then removed from the police station and pushed back to Serbia.

The pushback occured at approximately midday on 12th March 2018.