Example sentences for: repatriation

How can you use “repatriation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Uncompleted tasks Berger mentioned include supervision of the repatriation of refugees and the apprehension of war criminals.

  • Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., had introduced a congressional resolution declaring that the "Brits have their head in a honey jar if they think they are taking Pooh out of New York City"; Mayor Rudy Giuliani had brought Pooh a jar of honey and praised him as "the very best in immigration"; and Clinton spokesman Michael McCurry had called the idea of Pooh's repatriation "un bear able."

  • The London Observer reported Sunday that Malaysia had "carried out a mass poisoning of defenceless refugees and migrant workers in detention camps" to "subdue them before repatriation."

  • And, adds the paper, Palestinians pressing for the repatriation of their relatives in Israeli jails took to Gaza streets.

  • The British press has been divided on the issue along political lines, with the conservative Times and Daily Telegraph calling for Pinochet's repatriation and the Guardian and the Independent opposing it.


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