http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0404/779289-migrant-deportation-commencement/

I´m having some trouble understanding something. Hopefully someone can explain it to me. Why is Europe ´deporting´ Syrians to Turkey? i.e. Why are they calling that ´deporting´?

What if... there was a war in England. And the English refugees went to France. And some of these English refugees made it as far as Turkey. And then Turkey said they´re going to deport them back to ´France´. ?

My thoughts ....

Deporting refers to moving a foreign national out of a country.

Basically if they are not a citizen of that country, the process of getting them out of the country is deportation. If you are a citizen of the country and are removed from your own country that is called exiling.

Repatriation is where you are transported back to your country of citizenship.

Syrians can be deported from Greece to Turkey.

Turkey can repatriate Syrian refugees back to Syria.

Pakistani refugees can be deported from Turkey and Greece, but if they are flown back to Pakistan this would be considered repatriation.

So then couldn´t Turkey deport Syrians to Greece or wherever in Europe just as legitimately?

And why is Turkey going along with this?