5. Immigration Flashcards by Tanguy Cloix

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Émigrer aux USA

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To emigrate / to migrate to the USA

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Etre 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 qqn 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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Etre confronté à des difficultés

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To be faced with difficulties

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Etre 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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A immigration policy

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Fermee 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 stem the flow of immigrants

Imposer des quotas

To impose quotas

Etre refoulé à la frontière

To be turned away at the border

Renforcer les controles aux frontieres

To tighten border controls

Etre expulsé d'un pays

To be expelled from a country

L'immigration clandestine

Illegal immigration

Un immigré clandestin

An illegal immigrant

Un étranger clandestin

An illegal alien

Un passager clandestin

A stowaway

Un travailleur immigré

A guest worker

Les sans-papiers

The undocumented

Un passeur

A smuggler

Un faux transport

A fake passport

Réprimer l'immigration clandestine

To crack down on illegal immigration

Immigrer / un immigré

To immigrate / an immigrant