self-deportation
self-deportation noun: a voluntary emigration by members of an unwanted or illegal population, often as a result of policies that make staying in their country of residence difficult.
Noun
self-deportation (plural self-deportations)
- A voluntary emigration by members of an unwanted or illegal population, often as a result of policies that make staying in their country of residence difficult.
- Doak encouraged local immigration officers, law enforcement agencies, and repatriation-sympathetic newspapers to join forces to publicize deportation raids, frightening many Mexicans into self-deportation.2007, Dan Kanstroom, Deportation Nation, →ISBN, page 218
- But in a show of one of the lucid flashes common to dementia, Fabian executed a document in which he stated he was not requesting a ticket for self-deportation, but only for a visit to Nigeria.2011, John M. O. Igbokwe, A Broken Mission, →ISBN, page 8
Forms of self-deportation
| plural | self-deportations |
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Origin of self-deportation
From self- + deportation.
Questions about self-deportation
- What does self-deportation mean?
- Self-deportation means a voluntary emigration by members of an unwanted or illegal population, often as a result of policies that make staying in their country of residence difficult.
- What part of speech is self-deportation?
- Self-deportation is a noun.
- What is the plural of self-deportation?
- The plural of self-deportation is self-deportations.
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