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   refoulement

   /rəˈfuːlmɒ̃/

   noun

   • 1. the forcible return of refugees or asylum seekers to a country where they are liable to be subjected to persecution: "international and EU law prohibit refoulement"

   Word Origin late 18th century (in sense ‘an instance of water being forced back into the channel of a river’): French, from refouler ‘push or force back’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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