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They asked for asylum, but the Slovenian police pushed them back to Croatia and the Croatian police pushed them back to Serbia

Date & Time 2017-08-10
Location Velika dolina, Slovenia
Reported by No Name Kitchen
Coordinates 45.15315165, 19.17800903
Pushback from Croatia, Slovenia
Pushback to Serbia
Taken to a police station unknown
Minors involved no
WLTI* involved no
Men involved no
Age 20 - 22
Group size 2
Countries of origin Palestine, Libya
Treatment at police station or other place of detention
Overall number of policemen and policewomen involved 5
Violence used no violence used, theft of personal belongings
Police involved Slovenian police, 5 Croatian police officers

Two men from Libya and Palestine reported being pushed-back to Serbia on October 8th, 2017. They stated that they had reached Slovenia when the police spotted them through lights from a helicopter. They reported asking for asylum, but Slovenian officials pushed them back to Croatia, and the Croatian police pushed them back to Serbia.

They report that the Slovenian police took their phones and they were taken by 2 police cars, with 5 police officers inside. At 3 in the morning they were dropped at the Croatian-Serbian border and were ordered to go back to Serbia.