Reconcilee is a loose English translation for the Czech neologism word "upravenec" (pl.
After the Helsinki Accords, the Communist establishment wished to show some kind of mitigation of the thus far harsh attitude towards émigrés.
Directives stipulated two categories of reconcilees: A prerequisite to receive a status of upravenec was an application for a pardon of conviction for illegal emigration (12,486 applied) or being amnestied.
Applicants had to pay large sums (officially the cost of education) and after reconciliation were allowed to visit Communist Czechoslovakia with no obstacles.
The famous Czech author Josef Škvorecký wrote satiric short stories about them.