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Deportation vs Repatriation - What's the difference?

deportation | repatriation |

As nouns the difference between deportation and repatriation

is that deportation is the act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation while repatriation is the process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.

deportation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

    • Derived terms

    * self-deportation

    repatriation

    English

    (wikipedia repatriation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
  • Process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country

    • Derived terms

    * patriation