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Also known as expulsion

upright=0.8|thumb|Certificate of identity of an individual seeking re-entry to the United States during the [[Chinese Exclusion Act era, among the Chinese deportation records of the US District court, Los Angeles County, California]]

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Deportation is the legal process by which a government removes a person from its territory, typically sending them back to their country of origin or another country. It matters because it affects individuals' rights to remain in a country and can have significant consequences for families and communities.

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  • Definition
  • History
  • Antiquity
  • Deportation in the Achaemenid Empire
  • Deportation in the Parthian Empire
  • Deportation in the Sasanian empire
  • Middle Ages
  • Modern deportation
  • United States
  • Nazi Germany
  • Russia and the Soviet Union
  • Azerbaijan
  • Independent State of Croatia
  • Contemporary
  • Noteworthy deportees
  • Opposition
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

upright=0.8|thumb|Certificate of identity of an individual seeking re-entry to the United States during the [[Chinese Exclusion Act era, among the Chinese deportation records of the US District court, Los Angeles County, California]]

Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people by a state from its sovereign territory. The actual definition changes depending on the place and context, and it also changes over time. A person who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation is called a deportee.

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