Croatia denies police violently push migrants into Bosnia
Source: Associated Press
Updated 3:08 pm CST, Sunday, December 16, 2018
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Croatian authorities on Sunday denied a report by an international watchdog group that alleged police were illegally and sometimes violently pushing migrants back into neighboring Bosnia.
The Interior Ministry issued the denial in response to a video published by the Border Violence Monitoring group that showed armed Croatian police officers shouting orders at a group of migrants and escorting them out of a forest.
The monitoring group said it had more footage from cameras hidden along Croatia's border with Bosnia and provided to BVM from people who "prefer to remain anonymous . for security reasons."
The Croatian Interior Ministry said the video was filmed "right at the border" with Bosnia where there are no official crossing points. It said officers were not expelling migrants but legally "deterring" them from illegally entering Croatia.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Croatia-denies-abusing-migrants-at-Bosnian-border-13470037.php
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