Turkish authorities have since September been detaining scores of refugees, including from Iraq and Syria, and abusing and pressuring them to return home in breach of international law, Amnesty International said Wednesday, according to AFP.
The government angrily rejected Amnesty's accusations, saying it "categorically denied" that any Syrian refugee in Turkey had been forced to return to their conflict-torn home.
The rights group also warned that the European Union, which in November reached a deal with Turkey to stem the flow of refugees into Europe, was in danger of being complicit in "serious human rights violations".