http://www.irinnews.org/report/97815/Europe-s-forced-returnees-claim-abuse
Europe’s forced returnees claim abuse
Kristy Siegfried / UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
JOHANNESBURG, 10 April 2013 (IRIN) – Cases of excessive force being used to remove rejected asylum seekers have been documented in a number of European countries. But with the financial crisis eroding sympathy and tolerance for asylum seekers, there has been little public or political support for measures that would provide more humane approaches to removing those reluctant to accept an asylum rejection.
According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the forced removal of failed asylum seekers “should be undertaken in a humane manner, with full respect for human rights and dignity, and that force, should it be necessary, [should] be proportional and undertaken in a manner consistent with human rights law”.