However, the practice of banishing someone as a form of punishment is not new; it dates back to the 5th century BCE.
In Ancient Greece and was expedited by the British Empire in the 18th century. Up to the American Revolution in 1776, England sent tens of thousands of political.
Prisoners and captives to the American colonies; nevertheless, Britain continued to exile its offenders to Australia until 1868.
The Soviet Union used a far more harsh strategy with mass deportations, which increased during World War II, while France also employed.
The tactic in the 19th and early to mid-20th century, shipping its prisoners to Guiana and New Caledonia. There are still prison colonies.
