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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Refugees subject to widespread physical ill-treatment, Council of Europe finds

A pro-refugee rally in Athens
A pro-refugee rally in Athens, Greece, this month. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

European countries are increasingly resorting to illegal pushbacks of refugees and asylum seekers “with minimal accountability”, a report from the continent’s leading human rights body, the Council of Europe, has found.

The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee (CPT) said it had identified “clear patterns of physical ill-treatment” against people trying to cross borders all over Europe.

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