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| Refugee children facing violence at EU borders | |
| 2018-12-25 | |
There were rather shocking reports: Of the approximate 6,300 children surveyed, 1,376 children told us that they had experienced so-called violent rejections at the border. This is already illegal. In some cases, there was also the use of extreme violence. The sheer number of affected children shocked us. Among the 1,376 children, there were 934 minors who were separated or completely unaccompanied by their families. Which EU external borders are most affected? We conducted our interviews in Belgrade, so we spoke mostly with youths taking the so-called Balkan route into the EU. But we also are aware of violence used against minors in Italia. In concrete terms, what sort of violence are we actually talking about? We heard of cases in which pepper spray was used and of cases of robberies ‐ often the children were robbed of their mobile phones or the money they had on them to sustain themselves. Dogs were deployed against minors and we also heard of physical abuse carried out by border guards. One particularly shocking case we heard of was that of an Afghan boy beaten so violently by the Croatian police that he still to this day doesn't know whether his hand was broken or not. He was denied medical attention. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 "Refugee children as young as 33" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-12-25 10:25 |
| #3 Dogs were deployed against minors Now that's just mean - they should be using soft, cuddly kittens or fluffy bunnies instead! |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-12-25 08:29 |
| #2 ...often the children were robbed of their mobile phones YJCMTSU |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-12-25 08:09 |
| #1 Wow such terrible parents. We should block anyone from such cultures trying to enter civilisation. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-12-25 03:46 |