In fact, this month, Croatia proudly announced it had “arrested and processed” 11,813 people who had attempted illegal entry into its territory, a number rising to 18,260 if you include the 6,447 who were returned from Slovenia into Croatia. These figures, which only cover the first eight months of the year, represent a startling reality. They point towards the scale of the pushback apparatus which, if these numbers can be taken seriously, mean a person is pushed back from Croatia every 20 minutes.
