deportees

noun

plural of deportee
as in refugees
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation

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refugees
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  • These refugees often had to adopt new roles in order to survive.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • More than 6 million Afghans fled to neighboring Iran and Pakistan, but both those countries have kicked out nearly all their Afghan refugees in recent years—even Afghans who arrived back in 1979, during the Soviet invasion.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026
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“Deportees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportees. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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