Amin Buratee's father, brother and uncle have been killed

Amin Buratee, 18, faces a return to his native Afghanistan this week because the government says it is safe for him to return there.

But the Whitstable student, who has been studying at Canterbury High School, said he feared for his life.

He fled to the UK after his uncle and brother were killed by the Taleban.

He had since been told by the Home Office that his father has also been killed.

"I'm very, very ashamed to be an English person, I think it's disgraceful he's been sent back, he's such a brilliant person, " Amin's friend Katie Smith told the BBC's South East Today.

It was actually the British government themselves who wrote the letter to Amin saying they have been killed Head teacher Keith Hargreave

Another pupil from Afghanistan, Essa Jamai, was in the house when Amin was taken.

"I thought in another two, three months they come to me. Everyone was frightened.

"We don't want to go back home, we have a bad memory of Afghanistan."

Despite the violence in Afghanistan, the Home Office says the country is getting safer, and is sending back people who do not qualify for asylum.

Head teacher Keith Hargreave said Amin should not be sent back.

"We've seen copies of the immigration papers, the reason for him being deported, the reason being he has no family.

"The reason he has no family is of course they've been killed.

"It was actually the British government themselves who wrote the letter to Amin saying they have been killed," Mr Hargreave said.

Amin is being held at the Dover Removal Centre.

The Home Service would not comment on a particular case, but issued a blanket statement.

It said: "Asylum will always be granted when the caseworker is satisfied, on the grounds of reasonable likelihood, that the applicant has demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution."

His friends say they will fight to keep him in the country, but it is expected Amin will be sent back to Afghanistan within the next few days.