On Sunday, November 21, the respondent crossed into Hungary and arrived at the train station in Szeged, from where he took the train to Budapest. At the train station in Budapest, he was approached by police officers, who asked him for his passport. He was then reportedly taken to a room at the station, where they detained him for two hours. They searched him and forced him to undress. A senior officer wearing civilian clothes arrived and called an Arabic-speaking lawyer for Ahmed. They checked the map on his phone and took a picture of it. They also photographed Ahmed and his Serbian camp identification. Later in the day, he was taken over the border to the city of Subotica in Serbia.
Syrian Man Illegally Pushed Back to Serbia from Budapest
Date & Time
2021-11-21
Location
Subotica, Serbia
Reported by
No Name Kitchen
Coordinates
46.0969581,
19.65763
Pushback from
Hungary
Pushback to
Serbia
Taken to a police station
yes
Minors involved
no
WLTI* involved
no
Men involved
yes
Age
22 - 27
Group size
1
Countries of origin
Syria
Treatment at police station or other place of detention
photos taken, personal information taken
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved
Unknown
Violence used
forcing to undress
Police involved
Unknown