Impediment to expulsion

{{Short description|Deportation barrier}}

{{Distinguish|Non-refoulement}}

Impediment to expulsion{{Cite web|url=http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/impediments-to-the-expulsion-of-nonnationals(50a7379d-b52e-4b9f-be21-c97df4e13019)/export.html|title = Impediments to the expulsion of non-nationals - Research Portal | Lancaster University}}http://www.emnsweden.se/download/18.5bc6881815e14db67502902/1512135890805/EMN-AHQ_2017.1188_SE_practical_impediments_of_enforcement_and_residence_for_tcns.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206214954/http://www.emnsweden.se/download/18.5bc6881815e14db67502902/1512135890805/EMN-AHQ_2017.1188_SE_practical_impediments_of_enforcement_and_residence_for_tcns.pdf |date=2022-02-06 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{Cite web|date=2014-09-08|title=Refugees and asylum seekers: Humanitarian migration in Germany {{!}} European immigration migration law {{!}} News|url=https://www.migrationsrecht.net/european-immigration-migration-law/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-humanitarian-migration-in-germany.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908015917/http://www.migrationsrecht.net:80/european-immigration-migration-law/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-humanitarian-migration-in-germany.html|access-date=2022-02-05|archive-date=2014-09-08|website=www.migrationsrecht.net}} are practical or legal barriers that prevent a country from enforcing an expulsion or deportation decision of a non-national.

Examples of impediments to expulsion in certain countries are:{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

• A government's decision on a temporary enforcement halt or suspension of all deportations to a specific country due to for example war
• The home country refuses to receive the person.
• The foreigner's identity was not established.
• Transport is not possible.
• Serious difficulties would arise due to the foreigner's health condition

In some countries and cases, a person who has been asylum seeker but has received negative decision, may still be entitled to reside in the country where the person has applied for a residence permit due to such impediments, and may get a temporary or permanent residence permit.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}