Dabro Calls for Shooting and Persecution of Migrants: 'Death Awaits Him'
The Homeland Movement MP responded to the sentencing of a Pakistani man convicted of rape, demanding radical measures at the border.
The Homeland Movement MP responded to the sentencing of a Pakistani man convicted of rape, demanding radical measures at the border.
Josip Dabro, a Member of Parliament from the Homeland Movement, has sparked fierce reactions with a statement in which he calls for extremely violent treatment of illegal migrants, including police beating of rapists and killing migrants who violently attempt to cross Croatia's border. He was responding to the news that Pakistani national Mohamad Sh. was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for the rape of a Nepali woman he held captive for just under 20 hours.
Dabro expressed his stance on Facebook, where he wrote: "There is no talking to evil; you shoot at evil." He also addressed the broader context, mentioning earlier reports of assaults on policewomen, beatings, murders, mass brawls, and everyday ugly scenes on the streets of Zagreb and European cities, claiming that "increasingly serious insecurity is becoming a legal European acquis."
Dabro believes that the case of Mohamad Sh., who had already been in prison for rape, demonstrates the paralysis of the state system because no one can deport him since he repeatedly applies for asylum. In a statement dated August 13, 2026, he says that the front-page story in Jutarnji list sends a message to everyone in the world: "Come, do whatever you want, no one can touch you, and on top of that you'll get free accommodation, food, pocket money for condoms, possibly knives or even firearms."
The MP emphasized that in Croatia, "the public facade of political and state determination" boils down to "futile debates and one-upmanship about human rights, the European order, and false values," as well as "hatred toward Trump, who demonstrates how a responsible state should behave."
The DP MP offers his own solution, calling for a decisive defense of the borders. "How to respond to this? Simply. No mercy or leniency toward evil. Nothing illegal must become legal. The security of one's people is primarily defended at the borders, by all means, and by shooting if and when necessary," Dabro says. He adds that "no international norm can legally suspend the sovereign and exclusive right of a state to protect its national security by all available means."
Instead of messages about state impotence, Dabro suggests headlines like "Illegal migrant killed by security forces in violent attempt to cross Croatian border!", "Police beat rapist, court immediately deported him from Croatia!", and "Croatia temporarily suspends right to asylum for illegal migrant!". He claims such messages are "worth more than a hundred armies at the borders," but they must not be empty.
To leave no doubt about what he is proposing, Dabro clearly states that anyone "planning to enter Croatia illegally and cause trouble in the country must know that persecution or death awaits them." He concludes that migrants are not entitled to protection or super-rights, but rather that Croatia should be a state, "not a humanitarian refugee camp for the world's evil."
To those who consider his proposals immoral, he said they should take migrants home, i.e., "take migrants into your own homes."
The verdict against Mohamad Sh. was handed down by the Zagreb County Court, and the case has reopened questions about how to handle asylum seekers who commit serious crimes repeatedly in Croatia and Europe.
