Asylum seekers being forcibly expelled at EU borders, says top rights lawyer

Council of Europe's Michael O'Flaherty urged leaders not to give in to populist rhetoric over migration Europe's most senior human rights official has said there is evidence of asylum seekers being forcibly expelled at EU borders, as he urged mainstream politicians not to concede to populists on migration. The commissioner for human rights at the Council of Europe, Michael O'Flaherty, told the Guardian he was concerned about the treatment of asylum seekers at the EU's external borders in Poland ...