Immigration vocabulary Flashcards by Sasha Mcloughlin-Hughes

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scapegoat

A

un bouc émissaire

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economic crisis

A

la crise économique

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enlargement, widening

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un élargissement

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illegal immigration

A

l’immigration clandestine (f)

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North Africa

A

le Maghreb

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North African (person)

A

le Maghrébin

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workforce

A

la main-d’œuvre

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country of refuge/country receiving immigrants

A

le pays d’accueil

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border country

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le pays frontalier

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political refuge

A

le réfugié politique

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country of refuge

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la terre d’accueil

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to unleash

A

déclencher

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to expel

A

expulser

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French-speaking

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francophone

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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

A

créer des tensions

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to have a DNA test

A

faire un test ADN

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to send for the family

A

faire venir la famille

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to impose quotas

A

imposer des quotas

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to get right of asylum

A

obtenir le droit d’asile

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to obtain refugee status

A

obtenir le statut de réfugié

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to get a work permit

A

obtenir un permis de travail

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reception centre

A

le centre d’accueil

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economic growth

A

la croissance économique

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asylum seeker

le demandeur d'asile

right

le droit

civil war

la guerre civile

illegal immigrant

un immigré clandestin

first/second generation immigrant

un immigré de première/seconde génération

standard of living

le niveau de vie

county of birth

le pays natal

dream

le rêve

safety/security

la sécurité

birthrate

le taux de natalité

arms trafficking

le trafic d'armes

traficker

le trafiquant

to get poorer

s'appauvrir

to disappear

disparaitre

to enrich

enricher

unscrupulous

peu scrupuleux

for family reasons

pour des raisons familiales

for safety reasons

pour des raisons sécuritaires

to reach Europe

atteindre l'Europe

to get more prosperous

gagner en prospérité

to feed one's family

nourrir sa famille

to cross the border

traverser la frontière

movement of workers

la circulation des travailleurs

graduate

un(e) diplômé(e)

member state

un Etat membre

labour market

le marché du travail

GP

le médecin généraliste

austerity plan

le plan d'austérité

health workers

les professionnels de la santé (m/pl)

pay

le rémunération

emigrant, someone leaving a country

le ressortissant

restriction on movement (between countries)

une restriction transitoire

a growing tendency

une tendance à la hausse

workers from...

les travailleurs en provenance de...

to emigrate

s'expatrier

to compete

rivaliser

to join the EU

rejoindre l'UE

unemployed

au chômage