5. Immigration Flashcards

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Un immigré

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An immigrant

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Immigrer

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To immigrate

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Émigrer aux États-Unis

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To emigrate / to migrate to the USA

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Être attiré par un pays

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To be attracted to a country

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Un candidat à l’immigration

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A would-be immigrant

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Pousser quelqu’un à émigrer

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To push sb to emigrate

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Fuir un pays, un régime

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To flee a country, a regime

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Échapper à la pauvreté

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To escape poverty

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Chercher à fuir la guerre

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To seek refuge from the war

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Chercher l’asile politique

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To seek political asylum

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Chercher une vie meilleure

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To be in search of a better life

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L’attrait d’emplois bien rémunérés

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The lure of well-paid jobs

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Chercher des salaires plus élevés

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To look for higher wages

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Faire fortune

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To make a fortune

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Rompre avec le passé

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To break with the past

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Partir de rien

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To start from scratch

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Prendre un nouveau départ

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To start anew

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Être confronté à des difficultés

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To be faced with / to be confronted with difficulties

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Être exploité

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To be exploited

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Un atelier clandestin

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A sweatshop

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Surmonter les obstacles

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To overcome obstacles

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La barrière de la langue

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The language barrier

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S’intégrer

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To integrate

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Une politique d’immigration

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An immigration policy

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Fermer ses frontières

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To seal one’s borders

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Endiguer le flot des immigrés

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To steam the flow of immigrants

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Imposer des quotas

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To impose quotas

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Être refoulé à la frontière

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To be turned away at the border

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Réprimer l’immigration clandestine

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To crack on illegal immigration

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Un faux passport

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A fake passport

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Un passeur

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A smuggler

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Les sans-papiers

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The undocumented

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Un passager clandestin

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A stowaway

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Un travailleur immigré

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A guest worker / a migrant worker

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Un étranger clandestin

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An illegal alien

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L’immigration clandestine

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Illegal immigration

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Un immigré clandestin

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An illegal immigrant / an illegal

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Être expulsé d’un pays

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To be expelled from a country

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Renforcer les contrôles aux frontières

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To tighten border controls