MP Josip Dabro demands a radically stricter approach to illegal migration following the case of a Pakistani convicted of rape and kidnapping of a Nepali woman. He also proposes suspending the right to asylum.
Member of Parliament Josip Dabro has issued a sharp statement demanding a radical change in Croatia's policy towards illegal migration and border security. The trigger is the case of Pakistani national Mohamad Sh., whom Jutarnji list reported as convicted of rape and unlawful deprivation of liberty of a Nepali woman, and who has been in asylum seeker status for years and repeatedly commits the most serious criminal offenses.
In a statement titled "The Principle of State Prevention Against Illegal Migrants: There Is No Talking to Evil, You Shoot at Evil!" Dabro says the state must stop being powerless before individuals who abuse the asylum system.
Dabro states that "there is no mercy or leniency towards evil" and that "nothing illegal must become legal." He emphasizes that "the security of one's people is primarily defended at the borders, by all means, and by shooting if and when necessary."
In the part of the statement concerning the use of force, Dabro claims that an illegal migrant attempting to violently cross Croatia's border should be killed by security forces. As examples of desired media headlines, he cites: "Police beat rapist, court immediately deported him from Croatia!" and "Croatia temporarily suspends right to asylum request for illegal migrant!"
Dabro believes that international norms cannot suspend the state's right to protect national security. "No international norm can legally suspend the sovereign and exclusive right of the state to protect its national security by all available means," he says, adding that international norms are worthless if they conflict with the state of national security.
He advocates for urgent action against individuals who pose a security threat and for a stronger preventive message to potential offenders. In this context, he also proposes the possibility of temporarily suspending the right to file asylum claims for illegal migrants.
Dabro calls on politicians who advocate a more lenient approach towards migrants to personally take responsibility for them: "All those who have moral objections to such state policies, instead of rhetorical one-upmanship, take the illegal migrants home, feed and care for them, share your security, prosperity, and home with them, stop sharing what belongs to others."
He cites Trump as an example of a responsible state, concluding his statement with the message: "Let's be a state, not a humanitarian refugee camp for the world's evil."
Dabro claims that increasingly serious insecurity, along with daily ugly scenes on the streets of Zagreb and European cities, is turning into a legal European acquis and that a clear message needs to be sent to those planning to enter Croatia illegally.
In his address, Dabro also linked the case to earlier attacks on police officers, beatings, murders, and mass brawls in Zagreb and other European cities. He claims that because of this, "increasingly serious insecurity is becoming a legal European acquis."
Dabro also criticized political debates about human rights, the European legal order, and the possible deployment of the military at borders. He highlighted the policy of U.S. President Donald Trump as a positive example, claiming it shows how a responsible state should behave.
In the statement, Dabro also listed a series of measures he deems necessary: "There is no mercy or leniency towards 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. No international norm can legally suspend the sovereign and exclusive right of the state to protect its national security by all available means, and if international norms and the state of national security are in conflict, international norms are worthless and are suspended. One cannot acquire rights through unlawful means. Act immediately without mercy and false legal labyrinths, promote such determination in domestic and international public opinion to send a preventive message to those with intentions similar to this Pakistani."
Dabro also said that the way European states handle such cases sends the wrong message to potential offenders: "Come, do whatever you want, no one can do anything to you, and on top of that you'll have free accommodation, food, pocket money for condoms, possibly knives or even firearms."
