5. Immigration Flashcards

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immigrer

A

to immigrate

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un immigré

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an immigrant

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émigrer aux USA

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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 somebody 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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to lure of weel-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

A

to start from scratch

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prendre un nouveau départ

A

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 obsatcles

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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 border

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endiguer le flot d’immigrés

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to stem 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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renforcer les contrôles aux frontières

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to tighten border controls

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être expulsé d’un pays

A

to be expelled from a country

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l’immigration clandestine

A

illegal immigration

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un immigré clandestin

A

an illegal immigrant / an illegal

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un étranger clandestin

A

an illegal alien

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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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les sans-papiers

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the undocumented

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un passeur

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a smuggler

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un faux passeport

A

a fake passeport

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réprimer l’immigration clandestine

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to crack down on illegal immigration