Deportation
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Equivalents
Deportace — Abschiebung — Deportazione — Deportacja
Related terms
- (might be carried out to the) country of origin
- (might be run by) Frontex
- (might affect a) refugee
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/