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- Dictionarydeportation/ˌdiːpɔːˈteɪʃn/
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- 1. the action of deporting a foreigner from a country: "asylum seekers facing deportation"
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Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a territory. The actual definition changes depending on the place and context, and it also changes over time. Forced displacement or forced migration of an individual or a group may be caused by deportation, for example ethnic cleansing, and other reasons. A person who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation is called a... Wikipedia