Talk:Defection

The long list of defecting pilots appears to be almost identical to a different article. I am thus deleting the list of pilots from this article. Others can decide if the other article with the list of Cold War pilots needs to be retained. Vidor 07:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

The definition of "defector" seems too broad. While there is a citizenship component, the most important fact in a defection is that the defector's country of origin and the host country are engaged in some form of political opposition (e.g. the Cold War). A person who gives up Indonesian citizenship to become an Australian citizen is not called a "defector", but a person who gives up North Korean citizenship to become an American citizen is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leask81 (talk • contribs) 05:49, 9 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

I am removing the Verifiability Template because i just added some references. XXXpinoy777 (talk) 18:31, 22 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

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• Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar - Libya, lived in the US
• Józef Światło - Poland, defected to the West in 1953
• Prominent defectors from Iraq: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/feb/24/defectors-killed-after-return-to-iraq-saddams/
• Defectors can remain in their own country: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/31/libya-gaddafi-defectors-supporters

82.177.40.11 (talk) 17:47, 19 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

For example German: not 'defection' but 'defector' ("Überläufer"). See https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Überläufer / DocDdorf (talk) 17:14, 25 September 2023 (UTC)Reply