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deportee

British  
/ ˌdiːpɔːˈtiː /

noun

  1. a person deported or awaiting deportation

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Venezuela does not accept deportees from Chile and deportations have so far been limited.

From BBC

Finally, when it came to his own departure, Mahad says he was put in a tight restraining jacket and travelled on a small plane with seven other deportees and some guards.

From BBC

Some tales put her in Europe, others in a car headed for Colombia, and another that she had sneaked out of the country aboard a U.S. flight that had dropped off deportees from Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under a deal with Washington in August, Uganda agreed to take in U.S. deportees who believe it unsafe to return to their countries of origin.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some deportees were flown to an El Salvador prison.

From Los Angeles Times

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