Summary
- Croatia’s border police are allegedly burning belongings, including mobile phones and passports, of asylum seekers attempting to cross into the European Union.
- Reports of brutality, including sexual assault and beatings by police, have been shared by the humanitarian organization No Name Kitchen.
- Pushbacks violate international law that allows asylum seekers to file their request within a country’s borders.
- The Croatian police have denied these allegations, claiming that migrants sometimes destroy items to avoid being returned.