Is denial of entry for passport holders / residents of home country legal?

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No. See this answer on Politics Stack Exchange:

Internationally speaking, there are actually no countries using the exile or banishment in their current legislation because this is regulated by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, so (to repeat) there's no country (so far) using exile in their laws.

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  • If a national of the country with no other citizenship, no for countries which are signatories to the treaties to avoid statelessness (this does not include the US). If the person has multiple nationalities, they could revoke their citizenship. This is usually only permissible for acquired nationalities rather than those you get by birth, but this is country-dependent.

  • If a permanent resident of the country, they could simply revoke their permanent residency. In many countries, this may be quite difficult or limited to extreme cases, and there could be regulations that protect one from such a measure, but it's definitely possible in at least some countries. The details would be specific to each country (and the reason for them to want to reject those people).

If the question is related to the current Covid-19 situation, then of course even if they let you in, this could be followed by immediate quarantine.

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East Germany used to deny entry to some of their citizens over the years. can legally? They were their own legislation. Who would force a country to let their own citizens in?

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Yes in some cases. From https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry

Lawful permanent residents cannot be refused entry unless their travel was not brief (more than 180 days) or they engaged in illegal activity after leaving the United States as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(13)

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