Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2015 After the closing of the Hungarian border and re-routing towards Slovenia, the media broadcasted a video of refugees crossing the border by walking At Botovo border crossing, through the cold River Sutla. According to an official report of the organization was the Ministry of Interior, in the said period refugees were arriving excellent, and police in an organized manner by train at the railway station in the officers, medical teams, locality of Sutla, crossing the bridge across the River Sutla and interpreters and walking towards the state border and onwards to the macadam volunteers made sure that road, where after 300 metres they would enter the territory of transport was as humane Slovenia. Thus, in the territory of the Republic of Croatia they as possible, without any crossed the Sutla by using a concrete bridge, while the crossing jeopardy in terms of the through the river was at the old river bed which is in the territory safety/security of refugees of Slovenia. and Croatian citizens. Several days after Hungary closed the border, the situation was still very difficult. At the Bapska crossing, people stood in the rain or lay in the mud the whole night, they were cold and completely exhausted. After the opening of the Transit Centre in SB and an agreement with the Slovenian and Serbian authorities, transport proceeded quickly and without difficulties. The reception of refugees was organized in Šid, where Croatian police officers examined As opposed to other documents and the boarding of the train, and after registration in countries on the refugee Slavonski Brod, the refugees would continue their journey towards route, the Republic of Dobova. In December, trains were not heated, although Croatia covered all temperatures were low, but the problem was fixed relatively soon; expenses of the according to certain information, there were situations where transport of refugees on toilets were locked during the train ride. As opposed to other its own, which is countries on the refugee route, the Republic of Croatia covered all extremely positive. expenses of the transport of refugees on its own, which is extremely positive. Cooperation with stakeholders The refugee crisis was managed by the Ministry of the Interior in cooperation with the National Protection and Rescue Directorate (NPR), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Defence as well as Ministry of Social Policy and Youth. In addition, numerous national and international organizations were active in the field: Croatian Red Cross, Magna, UNHCR, UNICEF, Centre for Peace Studies, Jesuit Refugee Service, Croatian Law Centre, RODA, Save the Children, Doctors Without Borders, Society for Psychosocial Assistance, Remar, Caritas, ADRA, International Organization for Migration, Samaritan’s Purse, Alliance of Baptist Churches, Youth Peace Group Danube, Full Gospel Church, Information Legal Centre Slavonski Brod, Volunteer Centre Slavonski Brod and Volunteer Centre Osijek. There were around 70 workers or volunteers from the said organizations and associations working in one shift. Further, each shift had six interpreters for Arabic, Farsi and Urdu. Management and cooperation proceeded through 50

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