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| | Afghanistan: Out of sight, out of mind: The fate of the Afghan returnees. - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Afghan refugees in Pakistan are routinely detained by the police, often on mere "suspicion" of involvement in criminal activity such as theft, and made to pay a "fine" to secure their release.(17) Mohammedin returned from Kashmir, Pakistan with ten members of his family in 2002. |
 | | Afghan refugees, including unaccompanied women and minors, are reportedly detained without access to their family or, in some cases, without being allowed to inform their relatives that they are about to be forcibly returned. |
 | | Amnesty International urges non-neighbouring states hosting Afghan refugees, especially industrialized states including in the European Union and Australia, to be aware that the forced return of refugees or rejected asylum seekers from their territory sends out the misleading message to developing states hosting far larger numbers of Afghans, that return to Afghanistan should be promoted. |
| web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGASA110142003 (12005 words) |
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