As he struggled, shouted and cried, he said he was pushed and kicked by his escorts, and kept in handcuffs throughout the flight. On arrival in Istanbul he was taken to a cell in the airport, accompanied by a Turkish immigration official. As he continued to struggle, he said his legs were kicked away, causing him to hit his face so violently that he lost a tooth. I was bleeding really badly but they dragged me to the cell. I asked to be treated, but nobody came to help me. The blood just kept flowing all over the floor of the cell. On the next leg of the journey, a Turkish Airlines flight to Mogadishu via Djibouti, he pleaded with his escorts to let him go to the toilet, but they still refused to release his hands. I told them, will you please remove the handcuffs because I am in pain. My bones are aching. They said, If you write something on this [piece of] paper that you want to go back to your country, we are going to leave you alone. aljazeera/indepth/features/2014/05/uk-asylum-seeker-claims-harrowing-deportation-2014531152337459254.html
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