Almost 10,000 Afghans were sent home by European states last year, despite the high risk of torture and death they face there, a damning new report has found.
Amnesty International said that 9,460 asylum seekers were forcibly returned to their homeland – a 300 per cent increase on the previous year.
Meanwhile, the rate of asylum applications accepted by European states plummeted — dropping from 60 per cent in September2015 to 33 per cent in December last year.
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