Croatian police accused of spray-painting heads of asylum seekers

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The Guardian
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UN has asked the government to investigate latest allegations of abuse against migrants crossing on Balkan route from Bosnia.

Croatian police are allegedly spray-painting the heads of asylum seekers with crosses when they attempt to cross the border from Bosnia.

The Guardian has obtained a number of photographs of what has been described by charities as the “latest humiliation’’ perpetrated by the Croatian authorities against migrants travelling along the Balkan route.

The UN has asked the Croatian government to investigate all the allegations of abuse.

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