5. Immigration

Question 1

Un immigré, un migrant

Answer 1

An immigrant / a migrant

Question 2

Émigrer en Europe

Answer 2

To emigrate / to migrate to Europe

Question 3

Etre attiré par un pays

Answer 3

To be attracted to a country

Question 4

Un candidat à l’immigration

Answer 4

A would-be (im)migrant

Question 5

Pousser qqn à émigrer

Answer 5

To push sb to emigrate

Question 6

Fuir un pays, un régime

Answer 6

To flee a country, a regime

Question 7

Échapper à la pauvreté

Answer 7

To escape poverty

Question 8

Chercher à fuir la guerre

Answer 8

To seek refuge from the war

Question 9

Demander l’asile politique

Answer 9

To apply for / to seek political asylum

Question 10

Un demandeur d’asile

Answer 10

An asylum seeker

Question 11

Chercher une vie meilleure

Answer 11

To be in search of a better life

Question 12

L’attrait d’emplois bien rémunérés

Answer 12

The lure of well-paid jobs

Question 13

Chercher des salaires plus élevés

Answer 13

To look for higher wages

Question 14

Faire fortune

Answer 14

To make a fortune

Question 15

Rompre avec le passé

Answer 15

To break with the past

Question 16

Partir de rien

Answer 16

To start from scratch

Question 17

Prendre un nouveau départ

Answer 17

To start anew / to start afresh

Question 18

Etre confronté à des difficultés

Answer 18

To be faced with / to be confronted with difficulties

Question 19

Etre exploité

Answer 19

To be exploited

Question 20

Un atelier clandestin

Answer 20

A sweatshop

Question 21

Surmonter les obstacles

Answer 21

To overcome obstacles

Question 22

S’intégrer

Answer 22

To integrate

Question 23

Une politique d’immigration

Answer 23

An immigration policy

Question 24

L’immigration choisie

Answer 24

Selective immigration

Question 25

Fermer ses frontières

Answer 25

To seal one's borders

Question 26

Gérer l'afflux des réfugiés

Answer 26

To cope with the influx of refugees

Question 27

Imposer des quotas

Answer 27

To impose quotas

Question 28

Etre refoulé à la frontière

Answer 28

To be turned away at the border

Question 29

Etre expulsé d'un pays

Answer 29

To be expelled from a country

Question 30

Renforcer les contrôles aux frontières

Answer 30

To tighten border controls

Question 31

Réprimer l'immigration clandestine

Answer 31

To crack down on illegal immigration

Question 32

Un immigré clandestin

Answer 32

An illegal immigrant / an illegal alien

Question 33

Un passager clandestin

Answer 33

A stowaway

Question 34

Un travailleur immigré

Answer 34

A guest worker / a migrant worker

Question 35

Régulariser les sans-papiers

Answer 35

To regularize the undocumented

Question 36

Un passeur

Answer 36

A smuggler

Question 37

Un faux passeport

Answer 37

A fake passport

Question 38

Les immigrés sont souvent prêts à risquer leur vie car ils sont convaincus qu'ils seront plus heureux ailleurs

Answer 38

Immigrants are often prepared to risk their lives because they are convinced that the grass is greener on the other side

Question 39

Vu le grand nombre de personnes qui veulent à tout prix émigrer en Europe de l'Ouest, les passeurs font fortune

Answer 39

With so many people desperate to come to Western Europe, the people-smuggling business is booming

Question 40

La Méditerranée est devenue l'itinéraire migratoire le plus meurtrier du monde. Des dizaines de milliers de migrants se sont déjà noyés en voulant gagner l'Europe.

Answer 40

The Mediterranean has become the world's most lethal migrant route. Tens of thousands of migrants have already drowned en route to Europe.

Question 41

La façon dont sont traités les réfugiés dans certains centres de rétention est tout simplement scandaleuse

Answer 41

The treatment of refugees in some detention centers is simply outrageous

Question 42

Chaque jour, environ 4000 personne essaient de franchir clandestinement la frontière américano-mexicaine

Answer 42

Every day about 4000 people try illegally to cross the US-Mexico border

Question 43

On estime à 11 millions le nombre d'immigrés sans papiers qui vivent aux États-Unis

Answer 43

There are thought to be 11m undocumented migrants living in the US.

Question 44

L'Amérique a toujours été considérée comme une terre promise mais ce que les immigrés y trouvent ne correspond pas tjs à leurs attentes

Answer 44

America has always been looked upon as a promised land but what immigrants find there sometimes falls short of their expectations

Question 45

Tous les ans, de nombreux Européens de l'Est essaient d'entrer clandestinement en Grande-Bretagne

Answer 45

Many East Europeans try to sneak into Britain every year

Question 46

Les travailleurs clandestins font souvent le sale boulot qui rebute maintenant de nombreux Européens

Answer 46

Illegal workers often do the dirty work that many Europeans now shun

Question 47

Les économistes britanniques affirment que l'immigration peut contribuer à compenser les conséquences du vieillissement de la population

Answer 47

British economists argue that immigration can help offset the impact of an ageing population

Question 48

Certains disent que les immigrés prennent la place des travailleurs nationaux mais les économistes ont montré que ces craintes n'étaient pas fondées

Answer 48

Some say that immigrants push native-born workers out of jobs but economists have found that those fears were not justified

Question 49

L'immigration restera sans doute un sujet très controversé dans les années à venir

Answer 49

Immigration is likely to remain a contentious issue in the coming years

Question 50

La barrière de la langue

Answer 50

The language barrier