@Jeremy *******
Sorry, on this you're 100% wrong. It's the carrier you flew in on and they totally CAN dictate where you go if you're denied entry.
Some won't even touch you with a denial of entry and make you take a "flag carrier" from the country your passport is from when they send you back. That's because flag carriers can't deny passport holders of that country travel when you were denied entry to a country.
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