refoulement


re·foule·ment

R5128750 (rĭ-fo͞ol-măN′)n. The expulsion of refugees from a place where they can rightfully claim refugee status to a place where they may face persecution or other threats, such as the country or disaster area from which they originally fled.
[French, a forcing back, from refouler, to force back, from Old French refoler : re-, back (from Latin re-; see re- in Indo-European roots) + foler, to full cloth, crush (from Vulgar Latin follāre, from Latin fullō, fuller; see bhel- in Indo-European roots).]
re·foule′ v.