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.
This is an unofficial translated summary, prepared by UNHCR Berlin. The applicant was granted asylum in Germany, which was later revoked in the absence of the applicant.
