Helping refugees in Bosnia
Who committed the pushback?
It is not the job of Serbia s top court to identify which police officers or border guards deported the Afghans. As is common in such cases, the Serbian ministries in charge have not commented on the matter. But Kovacevic insists the identity of the officers who conducted the pushback must be revealed. I see the court verdict as a warning to the Interior and Defense Ministries, says Kovacevic.
For the time being, however, Kovacevic has cause to be satisfied with the ruling by the constitutional court. Serbia s judiciary is infamous for being under the control of President Aleksandar Vucic and his Progressive Party. Critics suspect that the tough stance of Serbian security officers toward migrants at the Serbian borders has long been part of the government s state policy. This makes the ruling all the more important.