 Amin Buratee's father, brother and uncle have all been killed |
Classmates of an Afghan student facing deportation are to hold a candlelit vigil outside a detention centre. Amin Buratee, 18, faces a return to his native Afghanistan next week after he was taken from his Whitstable home in a dawn raid by immigration officers.
The Canterbury High School student is being held at the Dover Removal Centre, but friends have said he fears his life could be in danger if he is sent home.
More than 50 schoolfriends are expected at the vigil in Dover on Sunday.
Afghanistan 'safe'
The government insists it is safe for Amin, who moved to the UK two years ago, to return to Afghanistan.
He fled after his uncle and brother were killed by the Taleban, and has since been told by the Home Office that his father has also been killed.
However, the Home Office has said the country is getting safer, and that it is sending back people who do not qualify for asylum.
The local MP for Canterbury and Whitstable, Julian Brazier, has written to the Home Office urging it to review his case.
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