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Immigration Flashcards

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Une politique d’immigration

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An immigration policy

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Des papiers en règle

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Valid documents

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Un étranger sans papiers

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An undocumented alien

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La fuite des cerveaux

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The brain drain

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La pénurie de main d’œuvre non qualifiée

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The shortage of unskilled labour

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Un permis de travail

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A work permit

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Un emploi non déclaré

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An undeclared job

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Un emploi subalterne

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A menial job

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Une possibilité d’emploi

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A job opportunity

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Facteurs d’attraction et de répulsion

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Push and pull factors

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Pays d’accueil / pays d’origine

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Host country / home country

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L’ascension sociale

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Upward mobility

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Un citoyen potentiel

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A would-be citizen

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La frontière

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The border

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La situation économique

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The economic situation

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L’économie mondiale

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The world economy

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Une économie mal en point

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An ailing economy

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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The purchasing power = the buying power

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19
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Des suppressions d’emplois

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Job cuts

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Un redressement économique

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An economic upturn

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La Bourse

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The stock exchange

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L’appartenance ethnique

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Ethnicity

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Un passeur

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A smuggler

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Un havre de paix, un lieu sûr

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A safe haven

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Un demandeur d’asile
An asylum-seeker
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La dignité humaine
Human decency
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Des perspectives d’avenir meilleures
Better prospects for the future
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Un flux migratoire
A flux of immigrants
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Une carte d’identité
An ID card
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Des conditions de travail
Working conditions
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Un atelier clandestin
A sweatshop
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Un aimant, un pôle d’attraction
A magnet
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Un réfugié politique, l’asile politique
A political refugee / political asylum
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Un citoyen de seconde zone
A second-class citizen
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La police des frontières
The Border Patrol (US)
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Le coût de la vie
The cost of living
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Le niveau de vie
The living standard
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Une reprise économique
Economic recovery
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Une dépression, un marasme
A slump
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Un licenciement économique
A redundancy = a layoff
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La crise du crédit
The credit crunch
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Un bouc émissaire
A scapegoat
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Un creuset
A melting pot
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Déraciné
Uprooted
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Inhumain, cruel
Inhumane
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Stable
Steady
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Être expulsé
To be deported
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Trouver un toit
To find shelter
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Gagner sa vie, vivre décemment
To earn a living, to make a decent living
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Demander des prestations
To claim benefits
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Fuir son pays d’origine
To flee from one’s home country
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Tout quitter
To leave everything behind
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Être britannique de naissance
To be British-born
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Obtenir la citoyenneté
To be granted citizenship
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Prendre un nouveau départ
To make a fresh start
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Faire une demande de carte verte
To apply for a Green Card
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Légaliser le statut des étrangers en situation irrégulière
To legalise the status of illegal aliens
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Désirer
To yearn for
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Désirer, aspirer à
To long for
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Aspirer à
To aspire to
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S’installer, s’établir
To settle
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Traverser la frontière
To cross the border
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Demander la nationalité britannique
To apply for British citizenship
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Expulser quelqu’un
To ship someone out
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Passer de la misère à la richesse
To rise from rags to riches
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Fuir la misère et la persécution
To flee dire poverty and persecution
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Chercher refuge
To seek refuge
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Trouver refuge
To find shelter
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Réaliser un rêve
To fulfil a dream
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Satisfaire les attentes
To meet expectations
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Limiter le flot
To curb the flow
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Resserrer, renforcer les lois
To tighten the law
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De tous les milieux
From all walks of life

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