Deportation

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deportaceAbschiebungdeportazionedeportacja

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Definition

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

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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.

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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.

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