repatriation
Example Sentences
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He managed to get back two coral bead crowns and a tunic but it was only in 2021 that any significant repatriation of artefacts by Western universities and museums began.
From BBC
"We offered them repatriation from day one, but they refused because they are afraid of not getting the money," said Gonzalo Galan, the ITF inspector handling the case.
From Barron's
Jill says the missing passport delayed the repatriation of her daughter's body: "All the hoops we had to jump through would have been so much easier if we'd had June's passport."
From BBC
Workers of other nationalities, including from African countries that don’t have embassies in Cambodia, appealed for help with repatriation at the local office of the International Organization for Migration, a U.N. agency.
Their repatriation comes a month before their loan period expires in February, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which operates Ueno Zoo.
From Barron's
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