Though China has refrained from the sort of extensive round-up it could mount if it chose to, the authorities have made a practice of returning to North Korea any migrants they catch.Such homecomings are bound to be unpleasant since, under North Korean law, unauthorised border crossings are punishable by three years in a "reform institution".
Nolan, who is also a trained midwife, told Guardian Australia the practice of returning the placenta to the earth is not common in western cultures.
The 11th-century historian John Skylitzes furthermore reports that Nikephoros brought an end to abuse against the local population, by ending the practice of returning Byzantine soldiers carrying off local Italians to be sold off in the East as slaves.
The country's remaining high street chain, Waterstones, has cancelled the standard industry practice of returns, where unsold stock could be sent back to the publisher.
Criticism of Italy's practice of returning intercepted migrants to Greece is "unfortunately nothing new — it's been going on for years," said Christopher Hein, director of the Italian Refugee Council.
He has in mind Cambodia's practice of returning Montagnard refugees to Vietnam, and Uighur asylum-seekers to China; in both cases, the ethnic minorities have faced persecution in the countries they had fled.Phil Robertson, of Human Rights Watch, goes further.
The American practice of returning personal wealth to the communities, the country and the world that generated them is a homegrown tradition.
Although the British came to similar conclusions [ 17, 52], their practice of returning soldiers with functional disorders to active duty seems to have been different.
Despite these recommendations, debate exists with regards to the practice of returning secondary/incidental findings from WGES research and other genomic studies.
As a fledgling physician more than two decades ago, I was taught that the practices of returning phone calls, conveying test results, accommodating emergency appointments and coordinating care with other doctors when needed constituted basic good medical practice and humane medical care.
