sent back

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Telephone poles covered in fundraising pleas for families whose breadwinners either rotted in faraway detention center or were sent back to their home countries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

He was recognized as a refugee by the U.N.’s refugee agency, but he was detained by Thai police and sent back to China days ahead of his family’s planned resettlement in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

After the Channel Islands were liberated in May 1945, Tom, like other surviving Soviet PoWs, was sent back to the USSR.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

European officials "are gathering information about flights, about capacity at Kabul airport, they're speaking with the Taliban about what would happen to the people sent back", said a source involved in the discussions.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

They were sent back over the mountains on a donkey with a head at each end.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin