The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today its general report on its activities covering the year 2022. In this report, the Committee calls on European states to put an end to unlawful pushback practices and the ill-treatment of foreign nationals deprived of their liberty in the context of forced removals at borders. Its publication follows an exchange of views between the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers' Deputies and the President of the CPT, Alan Mitchell, which took place on 29 March 2023.

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