'Clear Message': Afghan reflects on court victory against illegal pushback by Serbia border police.
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Hamid Ahmadi is one of a group of Afghan refugees who were rounded up by Serbian police in February 2017. The group thought they would be taken to a camp for processing, but instead the officers abandoned them in a forest near the Bulgarian border.
In the middle of the night and in below-freezing temperatures, the group felt they had no choice but to return to Bulgaria, the country they had left just a day earlier.
In the middle of the night and in below-freezing temperatures, the group felt they had no choice but to return to Bulgaria, the country they had left just a day earlier.
The Serbian border police had engaged in a pushback, or collective expulsion: one of many such actions along the travel routes used by migrants and refugees trying to reach Western Europe.
But unlike most such illegal deportations, the officers' actions in February 2017 resulted in the Afghan refugees winning an unprecedented legal victory in Serbia's highest court.
But unlike most such illegal deportations, the officers' actions in February 2017 resulted in the Afghan refugees winning an unprecedented legal victory in Serbia's highest court.
Source: https://www.euronews.
