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refoulement

/rəˌfulˈmɑn/
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Refoulement is the act of sending an asylum-seeker back to a home country where they face violence or persecution.

International law states that everyone has a right to be protected from refoulement, which forces a refugee back to a place that would be extremely dangerous for them. This danger often involves targeted persecution, but refoulement can also involve sending people home into war zones or places affected by earthquakes or hurricanes. Refoulement comes from the French verb refouler, "to push or force back."

Definitions of refoulement
  1. noun
    forced relocation of refugees to countries they originally fled or where they are likely to face persecution
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