repatriation

[ ree-pey-tree-ey-shuhn ]

/ riˌpeɪ triˈeɪ ʃən /

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the act or process of returning a person or thing to the country of origin: If conditions allow, refugees can be offered the option of voluntary repatriation rather than resettlement in countries offering asylum.Museums are increasingly facing pressure from formerly colonized countries seeking repatriation of their priceless antiquities.

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For years, covert repatriation squads from China have tracked their targets in all manner of quintessentially American settings, from quiet housing tracts to suburban chain restaurants to immigrant business districts.
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight|by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|July 22, 2021|ProPublica
She would lead the repatriation team, but because she didn’t speak English, Johnny would stick close and be her intermediary with Mike, as the team called the American private detective.
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight|by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|July 22, 2021|ProPublica
The Met has been embroiled in repatriation disputes, and those will continue to pile up.
New documentary about the Metropolitan Museum of Art asks good questions, but not enough tough ones|Philip Kennicott|May 27, 2021|Washington Post
In India, Hasina Kharbhih has used repatriation and compensation to rescue 72,000 women and children from trafficking across the region.
4 Quiet Pandemics We Need to Beat|Sean Culligan|March 28, 2021|Ozy

That strategic shift may include embracing the LANDBACK movement, an effort to demand full repatriation of wealth and lands stolen from Native peoples across America.
The Native Americans Changing the World|Nick Fouriezos|March 17, 2021|Ozy
According to Vieira, most of the bones unearthed had to be reburied in accordance with the Native American Repatriation Act.
Hunting for a Real-Life Hagrid|Nina Strochlic|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A repatriation ceremony would help bury the ignominious squabbles of the past.
Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia|Doug Peacock|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zionism was not about colonization; it was about repatriation.
Despite Hebron's Importance, Israel Will Have to Give It Up|Samuel Lebens|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
International agencies assume the solution for nearly all refugees is repatriation once the fighting stops.
Between Two Catastrophes: Look at Syria, and Question Everyone's Stories about 1948|Gershom Gorenberg|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Is Germany's repatriation of its gold reserves from storage in New York and Paris a signal of declining confidence in the Euro?
Germany Calls Home the Gold|David Frum|January 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In June 1907 the repatriation of the Chinese coolies began; it was completed in February 1910.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
The Government declined to make any arrangement for their repatriation.
Chitta Ranjan|Sukumar Ranjan Das
They were also making arrangements for the repatriation of the Coolies.
Chitta Ranjan|Sukumar Ranjan Das
My misgivings seem to be proving true, and repatriation is more likely to prove compulsory than voluntary.
Freedom's Battle|Mahatma Gandhi
They are apparently asked to contribute out of their wages to a repatriation fund.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913|Evelyn Baring

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