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Deportation vs Resettlement - What's the difference?

deportation | resettlement |

As nouns the difference between deportation and resettlement

is that deportation is the act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation while resettlement is the transportation of a group of people to a new settlement.

deportation

English

Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * self-deportation

    resettlement

    English

    Noun

  • the transportation of a group of people to a new settlement

    • See also

    * relocation