Editing Repatriation (section)

{{Short description|Return of a thing or person to their  country}}
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[[File:HAITIAN MIGRANT REPATRIATION DVIDS1070740.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Haitian migrants are escorted off the Coast Guard Cutter ''Tampa'''s fantail to an awaiting Haitian Coast Guard vessel during repatriation.]]
[[File:Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The crew of [[USS Pueblo (AGER-2)|USS ''Pueblo'']] as it arrives at the U.N. Advance Camp, [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]], on 23 December 1968, following their release by the North Korean government]]
'''Repatriation''' is the return of a thing or person to its or their country of origin, respectively. The term may refer to non-human entities, such as converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country, as well as the return of [[military personnel]] to their place of origin following a [[war]]. It also applies to diplomatic envoys, international officials as well as [[expatriates]] and [[Human migration|migrants]] in time of international crisis. For [[refugees]], [[asylum seekers]] and [[Illegal immigration|illegal migrants]], repatriation can mean either [[voluntary return]] or [[deportation]].