Deportation vs. Repatriation

Deportation vs. Repatriation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Deportation and Repatriation

Deportationnoun

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

Repatriationnoun

The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.

Deportationnoun

the act of expelling a person from their native land;

men in exile dream of hopehis deportation to a penal colonythe expatriation of wealthy farmersthe sentence was one of transportation for life

Repatriationnoun

Process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country

Deportationnoun

the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

Repatriationnoun

the act of returning to the country of origin

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