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Persona non grata

Literally means ‘an unwelcome person’, and refers to a foreign person whose entering or remaining in a particular country is prohibited by that country’s government.

It is the most serious form of censure which a country can apply to foreign diplomats, who are otherwise protected by diplomatic immunity from arrest and prosecution.

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