新华社报道如下:The French government is understood to be ready to repatriate the body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Palestine if he dies.
While declining to give any information on Arafat's health, when pressed on the country's involvement in Arafat's funeral arrangements, a French government spokesman indicated France's readiness to repatriate the body.
Repatriate表示“遣返”,例如:repatriate war refugees(把战争期间的难民遣返回国)。