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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > deportation
social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > transnational crime and justice > strategies of law enforcement and justice > deportation
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > law and courts > legal proceedings > deportation

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deportation  

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  • Deportation refers to the forced removal of people, either individuals or collectives, from a specific geographic area, typically a region, country, or nation. Deportations in the modern period have been initiated and carried out usually by nation-state bodies, such as ministries of immigration or citizenship or through agencies of border security. [Source: Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime & Justice; Deportation]

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