Missing Syrian girl Allsa (Photo: HRT)

The father of a lost Syrian girl has requested asylum in Croatia. He will be placed in the Porin asylum seeker’s shelter in Zagreb and a search for Alls has been initiated. Domestic Branko Lozančić

Interior Minister Davor Božinović has previously said that a talk took place at the Maljevac border crossing between police officials and the Syrian refugee who said that while he was in the village of Smoljanac and went to a store to buy food, Croatian police forcibly took him from his five year old daughter Allsa.

“Once Croatian police received the news, they immediately contacted police in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also all those, or at least those they judged to have any information. Therefore, despite the fact that the case was not reported to them, Croatian police did everything they could in the case and conducted internal informing for all responsible bodies within the Croatian police, regardless of the fact that the case was not reported, individually or by the police from Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Božinović in Zadar.

He added that members of the border police will talk to the Syrian, who told the story of his separation from his daughter to the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the assistance of the Jesuit Refugee Service. He also said that after the talk it will be known if the event, that allegedly happened eight or ten days ago, will be reported.

The Public Ombudswoman Lora Vidović has announced that she will open an inquiry in the case.

Source: HRT