refouled

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A form of refoul — To refuse entry to a country and repatriate (an immigrant or asylum-seeker)

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of refoul

    His visa to live in Australia had been revoked, but he could not be refouled to Afghanistan because he faced a “well-founded fear of persecution” there.

    2015 September 17, Ben Doherty, “Ali Jaffari dies after setting himself on fire in Perth detention centre”, in The Guardian
Cite this entry
APA

refouled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refouled

MLA

“refouled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refouled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refouled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refouled.

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