GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency criticised plans on Tuesday by several European countries to send home forcibly dozens of Iraqis this week, saying central provinces including Baghdad remain unsafe.
Britain, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden are coordinating the deportation of Iraqis to Baghdad, possibly as soon as Wednesday, after rejecting their asylum claims, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
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