deportation - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • Kurd: The first forced deportation of Iraqi Kurds from the UK took place on 19 November, 2005.
  • seeker: Read Press Release 15 January 2002: Jean welcomes halt on deportations of Zimbabwean asylum seekers.
  • refugee: Deportation of refugees including rape and torture victims, has increased, now at 1,350 a month.
  • prisoner: Home Affairs Further coverage of Home Office failings over the release and deportation of foreign prisoners.

Converse of object

  • pend: He was taken away to Durham Jail pending deportation.
  • await: Hundreds more are in removal centers, awaiting deportation.
  • halt: You can download a petition to halt deportations to DRC.
  • face: They are facing deportation to Germany from where they will be returned to Kosovo.
  • resist: Having resisted deportation three times, she was badly beaten during a final attempt to deport her.
  • threaten: In response to some threatened deportations, local communities including churches have set up campaigns.

Adjective modifier

  • forcible: His decision was carefully worded and focused on the legality of forcible deportation.
  • forced: The first forced deportation of Iraqi Kurds from the UK took place on 19 November, 2005.
  • imminent: These Zimbabweans now face the possibility of imminent deportation.
  • attempted: But, in the last month, two attempted deportations from France have ended in loss of life.
  • eventual: Detention at Dallas Court is one of the first links in the chain to eventual deportation to unsafe countries.

Modifies a noun

  • pledge: The deportation pledge was immediately challenged by European Union officials in Brussels.
  • proceeding: He is now in Forest Bank prison, Manchester, awaiting deportation proceedings.
  • order: He has been issued with a deportation order to send him to Jamaica.

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