State Secretary for Justice and Security must investigate whether transferring aliens to Croatia on the basis of the European Dublin Regulation is contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Systemic flaws in the Croatian asylum procedure due to violent push-backs
1. There is considerable evidence that Croatian authorities through forced returns to Bosnia-Herzegovina specifically thwart the right to apply for asylum and thus violate the non-refoulement principle.
2. Croatian police officers regularly use physical and psychological violence when performing push-backs.
3. Due to Croatia's participation in chain deportations from other EU countries, it cannot be ruled out that Dublin returnees from Germany will also become victims of push-backs.
interpretation of the second subparagraph of Article 27(2), Article 28(1) and Article 28(3)(a) of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States