Forced Back to Danger

What is the issue?

Recently Amnesty International condemned European nations for forcefully returning Afghan asylum seekers.

What is the situation in Afghanistan?

Afghan security forces struggle to beat back Taliban and Islamic State jihadists in much of the country.
As a result civilian casualties stayed at record highs in the first half of 2017 as the war enters its 16th year.
Nearly 11,500 civilians were killed or wounded in 2016, one third of them children.
United Nations reports that this is the highest number of annual non-combatant casualties since 2009.

These Civilians of war torn areas are fleeing to Europe as refugees,some asylum seekers left Afghanistan when they were children and have no memories of the country.

What are the reasons behind European nations move?

Migration is a hot button issue in Europe as hundreds of thousands of migrants flooded the continent since 2015.
European governments are forcing increasing numbers of asylum seekers back to the dangers from which they fled.
Recently Germany resumed deportations after a huge truck bomb attack in Afghan capital Kabul.
As Politicians are under pressure to bring down the number of asylum seekers, there are series of repatriations.
These continued repatriations of Afghans from Germany is under a disputed Afghan–European Union deal aimed at curbing the influx of migrants.

How Asylum seekers are affected by Europe’s move?

Europe’s move serves severe blow to masses of refugees as they are already being ejected from Pakistan and Iran, as well as hundreds of thousands of others uprooted by war.
Almost 9,500 Afghans went back to their homeland in 2016 after their applications for asylum in Europe were rejected.
A surge of failed Afghan asylum seekers “forcibly” returned from Europe are at risk of torture, kidnapping and death in war-torn Afghanistan.
Returnees also face an uncertain future in Afghanistan which is struggling with high unemployment, a weak economy.

Source: Business Line