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re·pa·tri·ate

(rē-pā′trē-āt′)

tr.v. re·pat·ri·at·ed, re·pat·ri·at·ing, re·pat·ri·ates

To restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin: repatriate war refugees.

n. (-ĭt, -āt′)

One who has been repatriated.

[Late Latin repatriāre, repatriāt-, to return to one's country : Latin re-, re- + Latin patria, native country; see expatriate.]

re·pa′tri·a′tion n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

repatriation

1. The procedure whereby American citizens and their families are officially processed back into the United States subsequent to an evacuation. See also evacuation.
2. The release and return of enemy prisoners of war to their own country in accordance with the 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

repatriation - the act of returning to the country of origin

homecoming, return - a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

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repatriation

[riːˌpætrɪˈeɪʃən] N → repatriación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

repatriation

[ˌriːpætriˈeɪʃ^ən] n

[person] → rapatriement m

[money] → rapatriement m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

repatriation

n → Repatriierung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

repatriation

[riːˌpætrɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → rimpatrio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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He had been twenty-three on leaving New York - he was fifty-six to- day; unless indeed he were to reckon as he had sometimes, since his repatriation, found himself feeling; in which case he would have lived longer than is often allotted to man.

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1 / 4 The refugees who spoke to Arab News thought the Myanmar government was insincere about repatriation efforts.

Rohingya refugees fear, mistrust Myanmar government

The Philippine Embassy in Tripoli decided to inject humor and fun in reaching out to Filipinos about its repatriation efforts in conflict-stricken Libya by incorporating a widely popular meme that is centered around a red dress-clad teleserye character.

DFA uses 'Daniela' meme to help lighten up tension for Filipinos in Libya

Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah on Sunday said they are trying their level best to convince Myanmar and facilitate the Rohingya repatriation process with a hope of having a "proper and comprehensive plan" for repatriation before the year-end.

KL hopeful of comprehensive plan soon

In the past the governments of these provinces have opposed tooth and nail the extensions in deadlines for the repatriation of millions Afghan nationals.

Vague policy of refugees' repatriation

With the year marking 40 years since the beginning of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan which prompted millions to stream into Pakistan seeking refuge, a minister for state on Thursday urged the world community to help the UNHCR and other stakeholders to help expedite the sluggish pace of voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from the country.

Accelerate Afghan refugee repatriation, urges Afridi

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday urged the world community to help the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other stakeholders to accelerate the sluggish pace of voluntary repatriation of Afghan Refugees.

Afridi urges world help repatriation process of Afghan refugees

According to the UNHCR report issued here on Tuesday, the voluntary repatriation operation had been suspended for the winter period from December 1, 2018 until February 28, this year.

389 registered families repatriated to Afghanistan: UNHCR

The UNHCR facilitated repatriation from the voluntary repatriation centres at Azakhel, Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baleli, Quetta in Balochistan.

389 registered Afghan families repatriated to Afghanistan: UNHCR

KARACHI -- The repatriation of profits and dividends plunged by 34.42 per cent to $1.05 billion during July-March period of 2018-19, from $1.6bn in corresponding period last year, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan on Friday.

Repatriation of profit dips 34pc

Summary: Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr 19 (ANI): The fourth round of meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation will be held on May 3 in Nay Pyi Taw, the Foreign Office of Bangladesh said on Friday.

Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh, Myanmar to hold meeting on May 3

The repatriation came after the Foreign Affairs department raised the alert level in Libya to Level III, which means voluntary repatriation.