Push-back (EN)
Equivalents
vytlačování migrantů — Push-back (DE) — respingimento — pushback (PL)
Related terms
- (can affect a) migrant, refugee
- (is prohibited by) non-refoulement
- (confused with) deportation
- (may be associated with) refugee crisis
Synonyms and variants
- push back operation
- to turn back
Collocations
- maritime push backs
- to be pushed back
Examples
The initial refusal of the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to save people stranded at sea, who were clearly in desperate, sometimes life-threatening conditions, and the apparent push back operations they undertook, were in flagrant violation of their international obligations.
Source: https://www.amnestyusa.org/
Refugees were pushed back by authorities in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Spain.
Source: https://www.e-ir.info/
Concerns grew after widespread reports from African nationals attempting to flee the war that they were being turned back, either by Ukrainian or Polish border guards.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/
Note
The term Push-back has a very low frequency in the corpus. This should be considered when reading this entry.