KABUL - The Italian branch of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Centro Astalli, raised concerns over an agreement between the Afghan government and the European Union (EU) to cooperate on deportations of Afghan migrants.
Centro Astalli head called it the latest blow by the EU to the dignity of human life, aggravated by a disproportionate waste of economic resources that could have been allocated to safe humanitarian channels and planned reception involving all EU states.
The concern come after Afghanistan recently signed a deal with the European Union to take back an unlimited number of its deported refugees, according to reports.
The deal was signed after months of negotiations, The Guardian reports. EU threatened to withdraw aid to Afghanistan if it didn't agree to cooperate with the process.
Afghanistan is the second most common nationality among asylum seekers in Europe after Syria, with close to 200,000 arriving in 2015.
Deporting rejected asylum seekers back to their home countries has been a major headache for many European countries.
Germany has 549,209 rejected asylum seekers in the country as of June. A total of 219,000 migrants are currently set to be deported, but authorities expect just 27,000 to be expelled by the end of the year.
A common obstacle is that countries refuse to cooperate with the process of bringing back their citizens.

The EU has negotiated the agreement with the Afghan government as part of the run-up to this week's Brussels donor conference, where international donors pledged aid for Afghanistan for the coming four years. (Tolonews)