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May 2, 2023
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Croatia: Ongoing, Violent Border Pushbacks Slideshow
Klemens Danner, a volunteer with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Bosnia and Herzegovina, distributes clothing to a group of Afghans who said Croatian police had pushed them back earlier that morning without allowing them to seek asylum, April 2023. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
Jesuit Refugee Service advocacy director Roberta Nikšić, pictured here in April 2023, regularly visits squats and other places where asylum seekers and migrants stay in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
More than a dozen migrants who died in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina on their way to Croatia are buried in the Humci cemetery in Bihać, many in graves marked “NN Lice” (“unidentified person”). © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
A young man describes a pushback by Croatian police the prior evening, saying that they ordered him to wade the river marking the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 2023. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
A 16-year-old Afghan boy rests in a squat in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 2023, several days after Croatian police pushed him and his friends back. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
Caritas of the Archdiocese of Rijeka, the Jesuit Refugee Service, and the Red Cross offer asylum seekers and migrants who pass through the railway station in Rijeka, Croatia, a place to shower, rest, and eat before they continue their journey. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
Volunteers with Caritas and the Jesuit Refugee Service provide lunch to asylum seekers and migrants at the railway station in Rijeka, Croatia. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
A group of Afghans charge their phones at an initiative operated by Caritas and the Jesuit Refugee Service in Rijeka, Croatia, April 2023. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
Two young men from Afghanistan flee the Rijeka railway station before Croatian police arrive, April 2023. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
Croatian police leave the drop-in center operated by Caritas and the Jesuit Refugee Service after dispersing asylum seekers and migrants, April 2023. © 2023 Kiana Hayeri/Human Rights Watch
Region / Country
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe/Central Asia
Topic
Refugees and Migrants
Migrant and Refugee Children
Asylum Seekers