Immigration Flashcards

1
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un étranger

A

a foreigner

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un ressortissant étranger

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a foreign national

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3
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les personnes de nationalité française

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French citizens

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4
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immigrer en France

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immigrate to France

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5
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immigration à grande échelle,

immigration de masse

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large-scale immigration,

mass immigration

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pays natal,

pays d’origine

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native country,

home country

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la patrie

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homeland

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un pays d’accueil

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a host country

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9
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immigration choisie

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selective immigration,

controlled immigration

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10
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les flux migratoires

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migration flows

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11
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un passager clandestin

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a stowaway

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un immigrant clandestin,

un sans-papiers

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an illegal immigrant,
an illegal alien,
an undocumented alien

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13
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il est en situation irrégulière

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his papers are not in order

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14
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fermer ses frontières

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to close one’s borders

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15
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les contrôles d’identité

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identity checks

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un centre de rétention

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a holding centre,
a detention centre,
a detention facility (adminidtrative)

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17
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un passeport

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a passport

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18
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un apatride

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a stateless person

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19
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se réfugier

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to take refuge,

take shelter

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20
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demander l’asile politique

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to seek political asylum

21
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fuir la persécution,

fuir la misère

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to flee persecution,

to flee destitution

22
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le trafic des êtres humains

A

human trafficking

23
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un réseau de passeurs

A

a smuggling ring

24
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reconduire quelqu’un à la frontière

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to escort somebody back to the border

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être expulsé
to be ordered out of the country
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s'exiler
to go into exile
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exiler quelqu'un, | bannir quelqu'un
to exile somebody, | to banish somebody
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fuite des cerveaux, | afflux des cerveaux
brain drain, | brain gain
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le travail au noir
moonlighting
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exploiter les travailleurs immigrés
to exploit migrant workers
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un permis de séjour, | une carte de séjour
a residence permit, | a resident permit
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un travailleur migrant
a migrant worker
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s'intégrer
to become integrated
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régulariser la situation des clandestins
to regularise the status of illegal immigrants
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se faire naturaliser britannique, être naturalisé britannique, obtenir la nationalité britannique
to be granted British citizenship, | to become a British citizen
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le regroupement familial
family reunion, | family reunification
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quelqu'un qui abuse du système des prestations sociales
a benefit cheat
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un parasite
a freeloader
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être envahi par les étrangers
to be swamped with foreigners
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endiguer l'afflux d'immigrés
to stem the flow of immigrants
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limiter l'immigration, | freiner l'immigration
to restrict immigration, | tp curb immigration
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un parti d'extrême-droite
a far-right party
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xénophobe
xenophobic
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des immigrés de deuxième génération
second-generation immigrants
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avoir un grand-père né à l'étranger
to have a foreign-born grandfather
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des jeunes d'origine asiatique, | des jeunes d'origine portugaise
young men of Asian descent, | young men of Portugese descent
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un Français de naissance
a native of France
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Il est français de souche
he's of French origin, | he's of French extraction
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Hispanophone, | parlant le Hindi
Spanish-speaking, | Hindi speaking