Immigration: hoping for a better life Flashcards

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Un étranger

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A foreigner

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Un inconnu

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A stranger

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Un ressortissant étranger

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A foreign national

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Une vague d’immigration

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A wave of immigration

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Immigration de masse

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Mass immigration

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Un exode

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An exodus

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Un nouvel arrivant

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A newcomer

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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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La politique migratoire

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Immigration policy

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Immigration choisie

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Selective immigration

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12
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Un passager clandestin

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A stowaway

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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 border

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Les contrôles aux frontières

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Border controls

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Un réfugié

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A refugee

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Un apatride

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A stateless person

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Demander l’asile politique

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To seek political asylum

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Fuir la persécution/misère

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To flee persecution/destitution

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Chercher des meilleures conditions de vie

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To be in search of better living-conditions

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Le traffic des êtres humains

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Human trafficking

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Un passeur/ Un contrebandier

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A smuggler

23
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Reconduire quelqu’un à la frontière

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To escort sb back

24
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Expulser qn

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To deport sb

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Être refoulé à la frontière

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To be turned away at the border

26
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Un expatrié (2)

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An expatriate/An expat

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Fuite des cerveaux

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Brain drain

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Le travail au noir

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Moonlight

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Bien s’intégrer dans une société

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To integrate well into a society

30
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Regroupement familial

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Family reunion

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Un mariage blanc (2)

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A sham mariage/ A mariage of convenience

32
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Être envahi par les étrangers

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To be swamped with foreigners