Immigration (vocab) Flashcards

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un immigré, un migrant
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an immigrant / a migrant

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émigrer en Europe
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to emigrate / to migrate to Europe

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3
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être attiré par un pays

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to be attracted to a country

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un candidat à l’immigration

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a would-be (im)migrant

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5
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pousser qqn à immigrer

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to push sby to emigrate

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fuir un pays, un régime
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to flee a country, a regime

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échapper à la pauvreté

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to escape poverty

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8
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chercher à fuir la guerre

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to seek refuge from a war

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9
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chercher refuge dans un endroit sûr

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to seek a safe heaven

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10
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demander l’asile politique
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to apply for / to seek political asylum

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un demandeur d’asile

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an asylum seeker

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12
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chercher une vie meilleure

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to be in search for a better life

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l’attrait d’emplois bien rémunérés

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the lure of well-paid jobs

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14
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chercher des salaires plus élevés

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to look for higher wages

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15
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rompre avec le passé

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to break with the past

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16
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partir de rien

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to start from scratch

17
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prendre un nouveau départ
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to start anew / to start afresh

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être confronté à des difficultés
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to be faced with / to be confronted with difficulties

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être exploité

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to be exploited

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un atelier clandestin

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a sweatshop

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surmonter les obstacles

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to overcome obstacles

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la barrière de la langue

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the language barrier

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s’intégrer

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to integrate

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une politique d’immigration

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an immigration policy

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l'immigration choisie
selective immigration
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fermer ses frontières
to seal one's borders
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gérer l'afflux des réfugiés
to cope with the influx of refugees
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imposer des quotas
to impose quotas
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être refoulé à la frontière
to be turned away at the border
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être expulsé d'un pays
to be expelled from a country
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renforcer les contrôles aux frontières
to tighten border controls
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réprimer l'immigration clandestine
to crack down on illegal immigration
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un immigré clandestin 2x
an illegal immigrant / an illegal alien
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un passager clandestin
a strowaway
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un travailleur immigré 2x
a guest worker / a migrant worker
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régulariser les sans-papiers
to regularize the undocumented
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un passeur
a smuggler
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un faux passeport
a fake passport