The U.N. refugee agency has criticized Britain and other European nations for forcing asylum seekers from central Iraq back to a region it considers unsafe, AP reported. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says Britain tried to deport 44 Iraqi men to Baghdad earlier this month. It says 10 of them agreed to go back, while the others were put in immigration centers in Britain. UNHCR says asylum seekers from central Iraq should be considered in need of international protection because the region is not safe and there are serious human rights abuses. The agency said Friday that Denmark forced back 38 people from central and southern Iraq in recent months. It said Sweden forced 250 back to Iraq since February 2008. --SPA
