Afghan and Syrian nationals are being abused at EU-funded removal centres in Turkey amid a lack of proper monitoring and oversight, says Human Rights Watch.
The findings come at a time when Turkey is deporting large numbers of Afghans back to Kabul, despite the Taliban takeover last August, and as Ankara squeezes Syrian refugee rights ahead of next year's general election.
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.