Immigration Flashcards

1
Q

étranger

A

foreigner

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

ressortissant étranger

A

foreigner national

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

vague d’immigration

A

a wave of immigration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

immigration de masse

A

large-scale

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

pays natal

A

native country

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

pays d’accueil

A

Host country

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

accueillir

A

to welcome

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

immigration sélective

A

selective immigration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Flux migratoires

A

migration flows

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

passager clandestin

A

a stowaway

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

immigration clandestine

A

illegal immigrant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

sans-papiers

A

an undocumented alien

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

frontière

A

border

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

fermer les frontières

A

to close one’s borders

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

demander l’asile politique

A

to seek political asylum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

demandeur d’asile

A

an asylum-seeker

17
Q

fuire la misère

A

to flee destitution

18
Q

chercher de meilleurs conditions de vie

A

to be in search of better living-conditions

19
Q

contrebandier

A

a Smuggler

20
Q

se refugier

A

to take shelter

21
Q

expulser

A

to deport

22
Q

être expulsé

A

to be ordered out of the country

23
Q

fuite/afflux des cerveaux

A

brain drain/gain

24
Q

travail au noir

A

Moonlighting

25
Q

bien s’intégrer dans une société

A

to integrate well into a society

26
Q

qn qui abuse du système des prestations

A

a benefit cheat

27
Q

être envahi par

A

to be swamped with

28
Q

endiguer l’afflux

A

to stem the flow of

29
Q

xénophobie

A

xénophobia