deportation

Everyday

1. Making a person leave a country by law, usually sending them back to the country they came from. tree →
2. (history) Forcing a whole people or group to leave their homes and move far away. tree →

In the lessons

In news and law «deportation» is when a government removes someone who it says is not allowed to stay. In history lessons mass deportations were terrible events, such as the deportation of Crimean Tatars by Stalin in 1944 and the deportation of Jews by the Nazis. Today the news also reports Ukrainian children taken to Russia, which the UN and many countries call illegal deportation. Phrases: «face deportation», «deportation order».

Examples

• The man faced deportation because his visa had run out. tree →
• The judge stopped the deportation of the family. tree →
• In 1944 the Crimean Tatars suffered mass deportation. tree →
• A deportation order says a person must leave the country. tree →
• Many people protested against the deportations. tree →
• Deportation can split families apart. tree →

Note

Countable and uncountable. Verb: deport (deported). Do not confuse with «departure» (leaving on your own) or «deportment» (how you stand and behave).