English Explanatory Dictionary

self-deportation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

self-deportation self-deportations

Etymology

From self- + deportation.

Related words

self-deport
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