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Afghan asylum seekers at the Adasevci reception center in Serbia | Photo by Naser Ahmadi
  • Serbia
  • Croatia
  • Afghanistan

Migrants in Serbia recount acts of violence employed by Croatian border police

The Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration confirmed that it has numerous reports of Croatian border police resorting to violence against migrants who enter the country illegally. In one case, an underage Afghan migrant even reported being "tortured by the police" with electric shocks. Croatian authorities meanwhile reject the charges.

Afghan refugees in Serbia | Photo: Naser Ahmadi/Infomigrants
  • Hungary
  • Serbia
  • Croatia

Afghan migrants stuck in Serbia face uncertain future

According to UNHCR statistics, more than 40% of almost 3,000 migrants and refugees in Serbia come from Afghanistan. Most of them hope to enter Hungary or Croatia to get into the EU, However, with Hungary's border closed down and the Croatian border being closely monitored, leaving Serbia is proving to be a difficult task.