Afghan referee sees no fair play in EU border policies

By EDVIN ZULIC
Associated Press

VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Ibrahim Rasool loved his job as a referee because of sportsmanship and fair play. But the 33-year-old from Afghanistan says there is nothing fair about the way the European Union treats people seeking refuge from violence and war. Rasool told The Associated Press that Croatian police ignored pleas from a pregnant woman and families with small children and deported him and 16 others back to Bosnia when they crossed into the EU country this month. Croatian police have not responded to an AP email seeking information about the alleged Nov. 10 incident. Croatian police have faced multiple accusations of pushing back migrants and refugees and using violence to do so.