Immigration Flashcards by Hervé Gaborieau | Brainscape

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la population vieillissante

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ageing population

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le vieillissement de la population

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the ageing of population

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Bas / Haut taux de natalité

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low/high birth rates

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Augmentation de l’espérance de vie

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increased life expectancy

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une main d’oeuvre qui diminue

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a shrinking labour force

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migrer

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to migrate

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un étranger

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an alien / a foreigner / a newcomer

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Entrer dans un pays

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to enter a country (on a student/ tourist visa) / to cross the border

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Pays d’origine

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a country of origin

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Le pays d’accueil

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a host country

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solde migratoire

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net immigration

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une politique sur l’immigration

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an immigration policy

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se voir accorder la citoyenneté

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to be granted citizenship

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un citoyen à part entière

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to be a full-fledged citizen

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aspirer à

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to long for / yearn for / aspire to

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Réaliser un rêve / un objectif

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to fulfill a dream / to achieve a goal

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Un candidat à l’immigration

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a would-be immigrant

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fuir

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to flee (misery, poverty, persecution)

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être déraciné

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to be uprooted

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rejoindre sa famille

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to join one’s family

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la barrière de la langue

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the language barrier

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être privé de

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to be deprived of

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limiter

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to curb the flow of illegal immigration / to restrict

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Eriger un mur, une barrière

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to erect a wall / a barrier

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renvoyer

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to send back / to repatriate

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un sans papiers

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an undocumented worker / an illegal

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rester au delà de son titre de séjour

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to overextend one’s stay

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des faux documents

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forged / fake documents

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un visa

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a green card / a work permit

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faire entrer illégalement

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to smuggle people into a country

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recommencer à zéro

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to make a fresh start

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s’intégrer à

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to blend in / to contribute to a culture

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un bouc émissaire

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to be a scapegoat

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surcharger les services sociaux

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to stretch social services

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un travailleur saisonnier

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a transient worker

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occuper un emploi vacant

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to fill a job

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un emploi subalterne / peu qualifié

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a menial job / a low skill job

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prendre le travail de

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to steal the jobs of

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envoyer de l’argent “au pays”

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to remit money to one’s country

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Argent envoyé “au pays”, un versement

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a remittence

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un demandeur d’asile

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an asylum seeker

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se voir refuser l’asile / l’entrée

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to be denied sanctuary / entry in