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No Name Kitchen was born in Belgrade by winter 2017 when a group of volunteers started cooking alongside the thousands of people who were fending for themselves after the closure of the Hungarian frontier. Since then, NNK supports those who suffer the lack of safe and legal pathways, collecting testimonies and denouncing the systematic use of institutional violence at the borders.

We believe humanitarian aid must include political action to provoke a change. For this reason, NNK collects testimonies of abuses and push-backs to raise awareness and advocate for justice and respect to the Human Rights and International Laws.

"After [the electric shock], I don’t see anything. I was asleep… like a dream. When I woke up, the police hit me in my hand and in my face. After the police hurt me, I can’t walk. I was crawling on the ground and when the police see me, they came to me and started kicking me in the legs."

Mohamed, 16Moving from Iraq to the Netherlands

"They beat us one by one and then they told us to go to Bosnia. There was a river to cross to enter Bosnia. So each of us crossed the river after being beaten up. Some people got beaten up hard, some people got beaten up less. Me, the last one, they beat a lot. The first and the last ones get beaten up the most. One grabbed my shirt and another one punched me. Like that I couldn’t protect my face. When the policeman got tired from beating, the second one grabbed the back of my shirt. I told them: “Stop! You’re hurting me. I cannot breathe.” He grabbed me like that and kicked my face two times with his leg."

Khalida, 18Moving from Algeria to France

"It was midnight. We were in the forest in Croatia when the police stopped us. I told them I need asylum, because my life is in danger, but they laughed at me and started to hit us with their sticks..."

Ava, 26Moving from Iran to Germany

THE BLACK BOOK OF PUSHBACKS

The result of our work is compiled in the “Black Book of Pushbacks“, describing the experiences of 12,654 people who have experienced human rights violations at external borders in Greece, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia or Hungary along the so-called ‘Balkan route’. By bringing to light the suffering, NNK and our partners claim EU institutions and member state governments to be held accountable for the inhumane and degrading treatment of the people.

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THE BLACK BOOK OF PUSHBACKS

ILLEGAL PUSH-BACKS & VIOLENCE REPORTS