non-refoulement

noun

non-re·​foule·​ment ˌnän-rə-ˌfül-ˈmän 

: a principle of international law providing a refugee or asylum seeker with the right to freedom from expulsion from a territory in which he or she seeks refuge or from forcible return to a country or territory where he or she faces threats to life or freedom because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion

Examples of non-refoulement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

People fleeing a Chinese territory for Taiwan could find themselves in a vulnerable position if Beijing decided to test the limits of Taiwanese human rights protections, which include provisions for non-refoulement that protect refugees from forced return. —Betsy Joles, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above