forced exile
Unwilling homeland departure
Forced exile is expulsion from one's homeland by authorities or circumstances, as opposed to voluntary departure.
Political dissidents, ethnic minorities, and defeated rivals have faced forced exile throughout history.
The phrase emphasizes the involuntary nature: The regime sent thousands into forced exile.
Distinguished from self-imposed exile, where someone leaves by choice.
- banishmentForced removal from place
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- displaced personSomeone forced from home
- refugee campShelter site for displaced foreigners
displaced · uprooted · lost homeland · homeland · diaspora · fugitive · expulsion · political prisoner · outcast · wandering · stateless · asylum · persecution · flight · borders · longing · return · political
- exilebanishment, banished, expulsion, deportation, deportee
- persecutionHolocaust, pogrom, genocide, pogroms, ethnic cleansing
- Stasi repressionStasi, secret police, informants, wiretapping, bugging
forced exilerepatriation
Formal return to homeland
homecoming · return home · reinstatement · readmission · restoration
forced exileright to remain
Arrestee's lawful speechlessness option
welcome · permanent residency · citizenship · sanctuary · safe harbor
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