The government is reported to be planning a £4m "reintegration centre" in Kabul, which would provide supervised accommodation to 16- and 17-year-old boys. A tender for the centre suggests the government is planning to send back 12 boys a month.
But Caroline Slocock, chief executive of Refugee and Migrant Justice, said forcibly removing children and returning them to Afghanistan will put them at risk.
She said: "This reception centre would apparently cost £4m — a huge price in an already wasteful and inefficient asylum system. That money would be better spent providing the right support for asylum-seeking children in this country.
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