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Migration and Home Affairs

Definition(s)

Removal of a third-country national subject to an expulsion decision based, on one hand, on a present serious threat to public order or to national security and safety or, on the other hand, on failure to comply with national rules on the entry or residence of aliens.

Source(s)

Derived by EMN from Art. 3(1) of Council Directive 2001/40/EC (Expulsion Directive)

Translations

  • BG: експулсиране
  • CS: vyhoštění
  • DE: Rückführung (EU acquis) / Ausweisung (DE)
  • EL: απέλαση
  • EN: expulsion
  • ES: expulsión
  • ET: väljasaatmine
  • FI: maasta poistaminen (not in general use)
  • FR: éloignement (acquis UE, BE, FR) / expulsion (LU)
  • GA: díbirt / ionnarbadh
  • HR: protjerivanje
  • HU: kiutasítás (when implemented with official escort: kitoloncolás)
  • IT: espulsione
  • LT: išsiuntimas
  • LV: piespiedu izraidīšana
  • MT: Espulsjoni / Tkeċċija
  • NL: verwijdering / uitzetting / uitwijzing
  • PL: wydalenie
  • PT: expulsão
  • RO: expulzare / returnare (forţată) sub escortă
  • SK: vyhostenie
  • SL: izgon
  • SV: avvisning / utvisning
  • NO: utvisning (b); utvising (n)
  • KA: გაძევება
  • UK: видворення
  • HY: վտարում

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Note(s)

A serious threat to public order or to national security and safety is presumed in the following cases:

  • conviction of a third-country national by the issuing EU Member State for an offence punishable by a penalty involving deprivation of liberty of at least one year;
  • the existence of serious grounds for believing that a third-country national has committed serious criminal offences or the existence of solid evidence of their intention to commit such offences within the territory of a Member State.