Deportation

Equivalents

Deportace — Abschiebung — Deportazione — Deportacja

Related terms

• (is generally carried out to the) country of origin
• (is often run by) Frontex (in the case of illegal) migrants
• (might apply to) refugee (if they do not receive) refugee status
• (in the case of refugees, is generally prevented by) non-refoulement

Definition

People whose asylum applications are rejected are generally required to return to their home countries. Some do so voluntarily; others are deported.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_migrant_crisis

Encyclopaedic information

However, deportation is often difficult in practice; a common reason is lacking travel documents or the person's country of origin refusing to accept returnees.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_migrant_crisis

Collocations

• to face deportation
• to await deportation
• forced deportation

Examples

Many of the minors will likely be refused asylum but permitted to stay in the country until they turn seventeen and a half, when they must appeal the denial or face deportation.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/