Immigration vocabulary Flashcards

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scapegoat

A

un bouc émissaire

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economic crisis

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la crise économique

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enlargement, widening

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un élargissement

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illegal immigration

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l’immigration clandestine (f)

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5
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North Africa

A

le Maghreb

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North African (person)

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le Maghrébin

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workforce

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la main-d’œuvre

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country of refuge/country receiving immigrants

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le pays d’accueil

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border country

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le pays frontalier

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political refuge

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le réfugié politique

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country of refuge

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la terre d’accueil

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to unleash

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déclencher

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to expel

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expulser

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French-speaking

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francophone

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15
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to experience a wave of immigration

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connaitre une vague d’immigration

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to create tension

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créer des tensions

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17
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to have a DNA test

A

faire un test ADN

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18
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to send for the family

A

faire venir la famille

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19
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to impose quotas

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imposer des quotas

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20
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to get right of asylum

A

obtenir le droit d’asile

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21
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to obtain refugee status

A

obtenir le statut de réfugié

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22
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to get a work permit

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obtenir un permis de travail

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reception centre

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le centre d’accueil

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economic growth

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la croissance économique

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asylum seeker

A

le demandeur d’asile

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right

A

le droit

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civil war

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la guerre civile

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illegal immigrant

A

un immigré clandestin

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first/second generation immigrant

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un immigré de première/seconde génération

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standard of living

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le niveau de vie

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county of birth

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le pays natal

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dream

A

le rêve

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safety/security

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la sécurité

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birthrate

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le taux de natalité

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arms trafficking

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le trafic d’armes

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traficker

A

le trafiquant

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to get poorer

A

s’appauvrir

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to disappear

A

disparaitre

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to enrich

A

enricher

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unscrupulous

A

peu scrupuleux

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for family reasons

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pour des raisons familiales

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for safety reasons

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pour des raisons sécuritaires

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to reach Europe

A

atteindre l’Europe

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to get more prosperous

A

gagner en prospérité

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to feed one’s family

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nourrir sa famille

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to cross the border

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traverser la frontière

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movement of workers

A

la circulation des travailleurs

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graduate

A

un(e) diplômé(e)

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member state

A

un Etat membre

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labour market

A

le marché du travail

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GP

A

le médecin généraliste

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austerity plan

A

le plan d’austérité

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health workers

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les professionnels de la santé (m/pl)

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pay

A

le rémunération

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emigrant, someone leaving a country

A

le ressortissant

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restriction on movement (between countries)

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une restriction transitoire

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a growing tendency

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une tendance à la hausse

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workers from…

A

les travailleurs en provenance de…

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to emigrate

A

s’expatrier

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to compete

A

rivaliser

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to join the EU

A

rejoindre l’UE

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unemployed

A

au chômage