refoulement
📖 Definitions
noun
The forcing of refugees or asylum seekers to return to a place where they are likely to face persecution.
💬 Usage Examples
“[Jennifer] Harbury, who is sixty-six, has made a career of challenging alleged abuses of immigrants, including refoulements. She grew up in Connecticut and California, in a family that had fled Nazi persecution in Holland during the Second World War.” Sarah Stillman; No Refuge; The New Yorker; Jan 15, 2018.