Incident Date

“At the border the police took their money, broke their mobile phones and took their shoes”

  • Date and time: November 15, 2017 05:00
  • Location: Croatian Slovenian border, Croatia
  • Coordinates: 45.838934474180455, 15.642716019140607
  • Pushback from: Croatia, Slovenia
  • Pushback to: Serbia
  • Demographics: 3 person(s), age: unknown , from: Algeria
  • Minors involved? No
  • Violence used: kicking, destruction of personal belongings, theft of personal belongings
  • Police involved: Slovenian border 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: Rigardu

Original Report

3 people on the move was caught by police officers described as Slovenian and transferred to Zagreb. They asked for asylum, but the police did not take them to a police station, instead they took them to the Serbian border. At the border, near Tovarnik, the police took their money, broke their mobile phones and took their shoes. There were 6 police officers who they kicked them in the knees and on the arms before pushing them back.