Learning a new word can be disturbing
Feb. 12th, 2019 05:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
davidgillonToday's word is 'refoulement'. From this Guardian article on the release of Hakeem al-Araibi.
It's rare enough that I come across a word I don't know the meaning of, so I looked it up:
I really hate that that is something we need to have a word for.
It's rare enough that I come across a word I don't know the meaning of, so I looked it up:
refoulement
noun Law
The forcible return of refugees or asylum seekers to a country where they are liable to be subjected to persecution.I really hate that that is something we need to have a word for.
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