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In Farage's Britain, I would be sent back to my torturers

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27.08.2025

By Kolbassia Haoussou

Twenty years ago, I had to leave my home country in central Africa to escape torture.

Even though the journey was incredibly difficult I had no choice – I wouldn’t have survived if I’d stayed. If the UK hadn’t welcomed me, I have no doubt that I would have been sent straight back into the hands of my torturers.

Today, Nigel Farage’s party has outlined plans that Reform would pay the Taliban to take back migrants. This is not who we are as a country. The men, women and children who have fled Afghanistan are fleeing unimaginable horrors – like torture. And they desperately need our protection.

At Freedom from Torture, we see every day the........

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