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exactly this, and add to that, the demographics are similar in all eastern european countries. so what's special about croatia? https://brilliantmaps.com/europe
by em-bee 2y ago
exactly this, and add to that, the demographics are similar in all eastern european countries. so what's special about croatia?
https://brilliantmaps.com/european-black-population-by-country/ https://brilliantmaps.com/european-black-population-by-count...
after reading the article i found the links to other articles on the guardian site linked to this: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/oct/10/photos-croatia-police-phones-passports-asylum-seekers https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/oct/10/p... "Croatian police accused of burning asylum seekers’ phones and passports". the problem seems to be more than just never having seen a black person.
- grujicd 2y ago> so what's special about croatia To add relevant context Croatia is at the edge of the Schengen zone. On the other side of the border are Serbia and Bosnia with less strict border controls and visa rules, so this is one of the roads for illegal immigrants to reach rich western countries. This and Hungarian borders are what's between them and their goals. Connect that with the fact that Croatia doesn't have non-white minorities, there were probably zero cases before this of black person wondering down the roads who was not an illegal migrant.
- throw73848788 2y agoPassport are also needed for deportation. I can not see any reason, why police would burn their documents. It creates a lot of extra paperwork and headaches. Destroying passports is a normal practice for illegal immigrants. It extends their stay in EU by several years. Most countries are considered safe, and it is hard to claim you are from Syria with Egyptian passport.
- mr_toad 2y agoThe police aren’t burning passports because it’s procedure, or even legal. It makes it harder for asylum seekers to prove where they’re from.