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On 19 August 2026, Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court upheld the removal of a young Afghan man for the first time, ruling that return can be reasonable in exceptional cases. We look at what actually awaits people returned to Afghanistan — a country where nearly half the population depends on humanitarian aid — and how the same practice now threatens Afghan women and girls.

Switzerland has become one of Europe’s most consistent enforcers of returns to Greece, sending recognised refugee families back to homelessness.