deportees
Sent back involuntarily
Deportees are people who have been expelled or are being expelled from a country, typically by government order.
The term usually applies to immigrants or refugees removed for lacking legal status, though it also covers those expelled for criminal convictions or security concerns: The deportees were flown back to Guatemala.
The word often carries political weight, highlighting the human cost of immigration enforcement.
Forced permanent removal
- removalAct of taking away
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- extraditionFugitive transfer between jurisdictions
- evictionForced departure from rental
uprooting · banishment · ousting · dispossession · exclusion · roundup · transfer · transport
Forced removal from place
- expatriationLeaving one's native country
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
persona non grata · proscription · pariah · statelessness · alienation · separation · homeland · return
Shelter from persecution
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- displaced personsPeople forced from home
- UNHCRUN body aiding refugees
resettlement · protection · humanitarian · stateless · asylee · camp · shelter · integration
Rules controlling border entry
- ICEImmigration enforcement bureau
- detention centersPlaces confining people awaiting proceedings
- border controlRegulating cross-country movement
- legal statusOne's position in law
undocumented · sanctuary cities · immigration courts · family separation · amnesty · due process · appeals · legal aid
Moving things between places
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- planeWinged flying vehicle
- convoyGuarded traveling group
border crossing · checkpoint · transit · departure · arrival · processing · documentation · escort
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- removalAct of taking away
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
- extraditionFugitive transfer between jurisdictions
eviction · uprooting · banishment · ousting · dispossession · exclusion · roundup · transfer · transport · forced relocation
banishment
Forced removal from place
- expatriationLeaving one's native country
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- outcastShunned, rejected person
diaspora · persona non grata · proscription · pariah · statelessness · alienation · separation · homeland · return · longing
asylum
Shelter from persecution
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- displaced personsPeople forced from home
UNHCR · resettlement · protection · humanitarian · stateless · asylee · camp · shelter · integration · host country
immigration policy
Rules controlling border entry
- ICEImmigration enforcement bureau
- detention centersPlaces confining people awaiting proceedings
- border controlRegulating cross-country movement
legal status · undocumented · sanctuary cities · immigration courts · family separation · amnesty · due process · appeals · legal aid · advocacy
transport
Moving things between places
convoy · border crossing · checkpoint · transit · departure · arrival · processing · documentation · escort · custody
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- migrantsmigrants, arctic tern, monarch butterfly, caribou, humpback whale
- displacementdislocation, dislodging, relocation, displacing, uprooting
- Jewish livesrabbis, survivors, Jewish scholars, Jewish women, cantors
- Persecuted GroupsJews, Romani, Roma, Armenians, Rohingya
deporteescitizens
Members of a nation
nationals · permanent residents · naturalized citizens · green card holders · denizens
deporteesemigrants
People leaving their country
émigrés · expatriates · expats · economic migrants · settlers
deporteesasylees
Those granted protective status
admittees · immigrants · arrivals · new arrivals · entrants