repatriates in English

noun
1
a person who has been repatriated.
Tourism is the third largest source of foreign exchange in the country, after repatriates and garments.
verb
1
send (someone) back to their own country.
the United Nations hopes to repatriate all the refugees

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1. The repatriates started restoring true worship by rebuilding the altar and offering up sacrifices to Jehovah.

2. To enable the migrants and repatriates, who have suffered on account of displacement, to earn a reasonable income and to facilitate their inclusion in mainstream economic activities, the Government, at different points of time, started 8 schemes.